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‘He was eight years older than me, I was just 19, a kid’: Zoya Nasir opens up on divorce

Actor Zoya Nasir has opened up on her divorce in a chat with an online magazine. Despite growing up as the daughter of Nasir Adeeb, the scriptwriter known mostly for creating the universe of  Maula Jutt , Zoya wasn’t allowed to pursue acting as a career. She eventually repressed her passion and joined Sabs, the beauty salon, as a junior partner and became a full-time beautician. Zoya talked about the backlash she faced over her weight and the challenges of defeating the persistent nepotism and lobbying in the industry. The starlet also talked about her divorce and advocated for young girls to have a career and an independent outlook at life before marriage. “While I don’t want to get into details, it’s important to share that I was 19 when I got married. He was 8 years older than me. I was so young, even for my age, that I didn’t know how to take a stand for myself or how to greet people as a bahu,” Zoya recalled, highlighting the struggles of teen marriages. “I wasn’t a partn...