Actress Hira Mani and director Nabeel Qureshi were attacked by gunmen during the shooting in Karachi. Qureshi in the latest post on his social media accounts protested against the deteriorating law and order situation in Karachi and the declining safety of citizens.
He took to his Twitter account and lashed out at law enforcement agencies for leaving citizens at the behest of criminals. In a series of tweets, Nabeel Qureshi said the men were equipped with weapons. The incident occurred in the PIB Colony area of the port city.
“We has been attacked by mov in PIB Colony/Jamshed quarter martin road during the shoot they got into the house we were shooting a hundred of people they harrases women/actresses, beat the shit out of the crew, stole mobiles, equipment,” said Nabeel Qureshi.
We want #sindhpolice & #sindhrangers to take strict action against these ppl, to make example out of it @ManiSalmanKhi @HiraMani_real i request to my fraternity all the actors producers to make sure that this shouldn't happened again to any of us!
— Nabeel Qureshi (@nabeelqureshi) February 6, 2023
I still cannot believe it, still in trauma of what has happened we had kids like 6/7 years of age, and hira keep on requesting them to behave from inside the door they were not listening, they broke the door ! It is so disturbing! @hiramani https://t.co/02DPx1f1e7
— Nabeel Qureshi (@nabeelqureshi) February 6, 2023
“We are sitting here in PIB police station, they attacked like anything honestly this never happened before in Karachi, they were equipped with weapons, they stole mobiles wallet they do not care about ladies they raise their hands, etc,” said Qureshi in another tweet.
1/1 We has been attacked by mov in PIB Colony/jamshed quater martin road during shoot they got into the house we were shooting a hundred of people they harrases women/actresses, beat the shit out of crew, stole mobiles, equipment @HiraMani_real @ManiSalmanKhi #gulerana
— Nabeel Qureshi (@nabeelqureshi) February 6, 2023
1/2 we are sitting here in PIB police station, they attacked like anything honestly this never happened before in karachi, they were equipped with weapons, they stole mobiles wallet they do not care about ladies they raise their hands etc.
— Nabeel Qureshi (@nabeelqureshi) February 6, 2023
The director’s tweet gained traction. Reacting to his tweet, Mahira Khan asked, “I don’t believe this!! Who is responsible? Who will answer for this?”
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“I still cannot believe it, still in the trauma of what has happened we had kids like 6/7 years of age, and hira keep on requesting them to behave from inside the door they were not listening, and they broke the door! It is so disturbing! @hiramani” said Nabeel Qureshi while responding to the tweet of Mahira Khan.
Nabeel Qureshi demanded the art fraternity to demand Sindh Police and Sindh Rangers to arrest the culprits and ensure that no such incidents ever happen again to anyone.
“We want #sindhpolice & #sindhrangers to take strict action against these ppl, to make an example out of it @ManiSalmanKhi @HiraMani_real I request my fraternity all the actor’s producers to make sure that this shouldn’t happen again to any of us!,” said Qureshi.