The development in the Ali Zafar-Meesha Shafi controversy keeps happening at a rapid speed. With both parties no longer refraining from commenting on the issue directly, new things keep coming out in the public. Yesterday, when Meesha Shafi made her first media appearance to tell her side of the story, Ali Zafar made another appearance on tv alongside his wife, this time coming on Khara Sach with Mubashir Luqman.

Yesterday we had reported about Ali Zafar accusing Jami Mehmood of having a vendetta against Ali because of Ali being more successful than Jami. As the conversation flew between Mubashir Luqman and Ali Zafar, Ali once again got the chance to talk about Jami.

Ali Zafar on Jami

The topic was brought up by Mubashir Luqman who insinuated that Jami owed Ali Zafar some unpaid dues from back when they had worked together. He said that when Ali Zafar had asked about those dues, Jami had turned against him and that is the reason why Jami is being so vocally against Ali.

Ali Zafar reiterated that Jami has a tendency of attacking people behind their back. Recalling an incident from 2004, Ali talked about the time when he had shot for a commercial directed by Jami. He said that Jami had approached him and asked for the favor as “a friend”. Ali said that he did the commercial but wasn’t paid for it. And when  Ali had threatened to file a case against Jami for regarding those unpaid dues, Jami had phoned him and assured him that those dues would be clear soon.

“He said that I would be paid by Monday. But on Monday, he filed a case against me!” said Ali Zafar.

Ali continued that the case went on for ten years and ultimately the decision was ruled in Ali’s favor.

No response from Jami as of yet on the fresh allegations

We reached out to Jami to get his side of the story but he remained unavailable. While we wait for his comments on these fresh allegations, Jami did reply to the story we did yesterday.

Addressing Ali Zafar’s claims that Jami was being so anti-him due to Teefa in Trouble being a successful film, Jami posted a link to a promotional video that he had shot for TnT back in February 2018. Rubbishing Ali’s claims, Jami commented that Teefa wasn’t a hit when he had specially shot that little teaser and that he had done it as a sign of goodwill. But once the accusations had come out, Jami had distanced himself from both Ali Zafar and his film.

“There is one thing and that is that I trust the survivor’s side. Like [Ali Zafar] said, I had gone through it and I didn’t have the guts to open up about it like these women who are coming out. One day I will. But now I will stand by our women and their story.”

Jami further commented that he would not attack Ali Zafar personally and that he has distanced himself from him. He said that this isn’t the time for Ali Zafar to attack the #MeToo movement by creating unnecessary hype on the media and attacking the roots of the movement in Pakistan. He emphasized the importance of supporting the women who are gathering the courage to come out with their stories now.

Jami has surely taken a dignified stand against Ali Zafar’s accusations. Let’s see how he reacts to the other allegations that Ali Zafar has put on Jami. Keep watching this space for all the developments.