Recently, Pakistani singer Quratulain Balouch found herself caught in a storm on social media.
This storm began when QB shared this tweet by AJ+…
After receiving inappropriate text messages from a prominent politician, this lawmaker accused him of harassment. pic.twitter.com/ALIzPUJxAG
— AJ+ (@ajplus) November 21, 2017
…with THIS caption:
https://twitter.com/Quratulainb/status/932964417368678400
Now, the Ayesha Gullalai-Imran Khan controversy has been going on for a while. A woman spoke up about an incident of alleged harassment and everyone sided with the man involved. Of course, the man in question was Imran Khan. And humein hamare local supporters ka toh pata hee hai.
Before Khan’s supporters jumped in, one man pointed out how QB was about to be abused for her stance, to which she responded as well.
So right but the amount of abuse you'll receive now 🙉
— Sheikh Wajahat (@_SheikhWajahat) November 21, 2017
https://twitter.com/Quratulainb/status/932981312402657280
And boy, was he right. QB became the target of a whole lot of backlash.
Some of it was downright vulgar and obscene.
open your legs and let it enter..
— bot_804 (@bot__804) November 21, 2017
Others started pointing out everything Khan has done for the country.
Because that’s apparently supposed to take away from alleged harassment.
https://twitter.com/AyeshaaImranist/status/932977051237277697
She lost some fans in the process.
I'm your biggest fan but all the respect you earned for all these years, sadly you just lost it. If you dont like someone, ignore. Who gives you a right to disrespect? Shame!
— Usama Mir (@iamusamamir) November 22, 2017
She was called an attention seeker too.
Bibi Focus on your singing skills for publicity…
Jis kanjar ko attention chaiye hoti hai Imran par bakwas krny ajata….— Subhan. (@Subhan_Insafian) November 21, 2017
Some people chose to abuse her. Because jab kuch nahi aata toh sirf gaali aati hai.
https://twitter.com/umhadi1977/status/932971170688888832
Khair, while she remained silent on Twitter, due to the expected backlash, she recently posted this image on Instagram.
Nothing too weird about the image, right? Just a casual photo, except QB looks 100% done with life.
However, let me repost that image with its caption.
And I’m going to go ahead and zoom right in because the message in the caption is super important.
Yep, you read that right. It clearly reads the following:
“Sugarcoating is a skill. I refuse to master that hypocrisy.”
While there is no direct message for Khan in this image, it seems like she’s calling out his loyal supporters.
The message is loaded and heavy. Firstly, QB is straight up telling everyone that she refuses to dial down her tone. She goes on to call sugarcoating a skill – one that she refuses to master due to it being synonymous with hypocrisy.
Did she basically just shut down Khan’s supporters, calling them hypocrites? It would seem so. Whatever the meaning of the message may be, it’s clear that Quratulain Balouch is unapologetic and refuses to hold back when stating how she really feels.
What do you think about this? Is this a message for Khan and his followers? Let us know in the comments.
Cover image via Instagram.
