A Pakistani singer who two years ago accused a pop star of groping her in a recording studio now faces up to three years in prison for “criminal defamation.”
Meesha Shafi’s allegations against Ali Zafar sparked Pakistan’s #MeToo movement, which allows women to publicly accuse men of sexual harassment and assault without providing any evidence. Shafi attempted to have her case adjudicated under Pakistan’s law against sexual harassment in the workplace, but because she was not an employee of Zafar’s when they toured together, multiple courts have thrown out her case. In order for her to get her allegations adjudicated under the law against sexual assault outside the workplace, she would have had to file a police report, which she has not.
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