Pakistani actress Mahira Khan called Imran Khan a ‘brave’. In a question and answer session at the Urdu Conference in Karachi, she was asked to express her opinion about Imran Khan.
In a rapid-fire round, host Waseem Badami asked Mahira Khan about Mahira Khan. After a brief pause, she called him ‘brave’. The audience reacted to her response and applauded her response.
In a candid conversation, she also talked about her love for Karachi. Khan talked about her roots in the city, and her deep admiration for its tolerance and inclusivity.
“I was born at the Lady Dufferin Hospital in 1984 in Karachi,” she said. “My dada built our house, what used to be our house here, when my grandparents migrated here from India. At Khalid Bin Waleed Road, PECHS, that’s where our house used to be. There used to be a time when that place had only showrooms and one house, which used to be my house, 151-C, Block 2,” she recounted with a smile.
Read more: Supreme Court overrules ECP’s decision to de-seat MNA Adil Bazai
She also talked about visiting Zainab Market and eating gol gappy and bun kebab. Even today when I have bun kebab, it is nostalgic. I am somehow transported to my childhood,” she said.
“My favourite pastime in Karachi used to be roaming around in Zainab Market. I used to have so much fun. I didn’t get a lot of pocket money but I could buy silver jewelry and bangles, I always loved bangles. I keep complaining to my managers, telling them to take me, but they don’t. I’ll wear a burka and go. The problem is that as soon as I start speaking, people recognize me,” said Mahira Khan in the interview.
“Karachi doesn’t judge you,” she said. “This city doesn’t ask you where you’re from, it doesn’t ask who you are. I don’t think I have seen this kind of tolerance in a city with so much strength,” she remarked.