Fawad Chaudhry says petition against Humayun Saeed is 'shugal'

Meray Paas Tum Ho has ended but the drama sure hasn’t.

Recently, a petition was filed in the SHC against the drama in which the petitioner Sana Saleem alleged that the script, penned by the controversial Khalil ur Rehman Qamar, contained derogatory language when talking about women. Saleem wanted the writer, actor and producer to apologise for this.

In addition, the petitioner also objected to the fact that “a divorced couple were living together” and “a six-year-old was playing matchmaker between his father and a school teacher”.

SHC’s Justice Yousuf Ali Sayeed and Justice Muhammad Ali Azhar, who heard the petition on Wednesday, directed all respondents including the federal government, PEMRA and the drama’s makers to submit their replies by February 13. They also directed Humayun Saeed to ensure that he present at the next hearing to explain himself in person.

Read more – SHC orders Humayun Saeed to explain ‘Meray Paas Tum Ho’s ‘offensive’ dialogues ‘in person’

While Humayun himself has not commented on the matter, former minister for Information and Broadcasting Fawad Chaudhry took to Twitter to criticise the petition saying that “nothing can justify this notice”.

Seems Courts have little number of substantive cases left for disposal so opted k Shughal hi laga lein otherwise nothing can justify this notice….. https://t.co/XkINkW4C6Q

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 29, 2020

Fawad was not the only one who believed the situation to be absurd.

An actor summoned for his dialogues?? Zabardast !!

Sindh High Court summons Humayun Saeed over Meray Paas Tum Ho's offensive dialogues https://t.co/6WYj8ipWXB

— Rehman Azhar (@rehman_azhar) January 30, 2020

How utterly ridiculous is this? https://t.co/eTJzp5ErRW

— Azam Jamil (@AzamJamil53) January 30, 2020

For all those who think we need more petitions to police ideas and language that make us uncomfortable: it doesn’t end here and it doesn’t end well.
Humayun Saeed summoned over Meray Paas Tum Ho dialogues – SAMAA https://t.co/RSwAWZ5wL0

— Waqqas Mir (@wordoflaw) January 29, 2020

Since the Sindh High Court has disposed all the pending cases that numbered in thousands & nothing remains on the docket, it has take a wise step. I support the HC here wholeheartedly. https://t.co/ZmAPFZvtoZ

— Hassan Aslam Shad (@HassShad) January 29, 2020

Despite its flaws, Meray Paas Tum Ho, starring Humayun Saeed, Ayeza Khan, Adnan Siddiqui and Hira Mani, went onto becoming television’s highest-rated dramas of all time. The final episode of the drama was also aired in cinemas where it broke box-office records.

Earlier, the minister had also congratulated the team for their success and requested Amazon and Netflix to review Pakistani content.

Must congretulate @ARYVideos for showing epic drama serial #MerayPassTumHo, writer n whole team deserves big applause. I yet again ask @amazon and @Netflix invest in Pak drama n film #Pakistan has far better minds than India our music is far superior, you guys wont regret.

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 25, 2020

You knew my plans would have been executed by now … anyways keep up the good work

— Ch Fawad Hussain (@fawadchaudhry) January 25, 2020

Before the final episode was aired, a petition was also filed in Lahore’s civil court to stop it from being aired. The petitioner, Maham, had filed a plea to stop the release of the last episode because it has had a “negative impact and continues to degrade the status of women in our society”.

Read more – Court dismisses petition against ‘Meray Paas Tum Ho’

However, after examining statements and documents from representatives of the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (PEMRA) and ARY Digital, Civil Judge Naila Ayub dismissed the petition and said that show had received clearance from the censor board of Punjab to screen in cinemas so there was nothing inappropriate in it.

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