“Kartarpur Sahib is a religious symbol and not a film set,” he tweeted.Īzhar Mashwani, the Punjab chief minister’s focal person for digital media, was quoted as saying in the report that police would first investigate the model and the brand’s role in the capturing of the photos and later register a case. Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said in a tweet “the designer and the model must apologise to Sikh community” over the photos. Worship places of all religions are equally respectable.” Management of the concerned brand & model are being investigated. He said action will be taken against those officials who allowed the “modelling” at the gurdwara.Ī Punjab police spokesperson in a tweet said, “Punjab Police are investigating all aspects related to this incident and strict legal action will be taken against those responsible. Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar issued a statement saying he has taken notice of the incident and ordered an inquiry into the matter. The Punjab province’s Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf government got into action following the criticism on social media about the photo shoot. The Pakistan Police, meanwhile, had launched an investigation on Monday against the Pakistani model and the clothing brand for hurting the religious sentiments of the Sikh community by conducting a bareheaded photoshoot at the revered Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur following an Indian Sikh journalist’s criticism of the pictures.Īccording to a report in the Dawn newspaper, the model’s photos were shared on the Instagram page of a clothing brand named Mannat Clothing but were removed after the criticism.Ĭovering one’s head in a gurdwara is mandatory and considered as a way of showing respect for the revered place. Zee News, one of the country’s largest media houses, had aired the news showing how the controversial photoshoot at the holy shrine offended the religious sentiments of the Sikh community. I respect the Sikh culture very much and I am sorry to all the Sikh community.” It wasn’t done to hurt anyone’s sentiments or anything for that matter.
The model further wrote, “I just went to Kartarpur to learn about the history and know about the Sikh community. I am Sorry,” she wrote in her Instagram post. However, if I have hurt anyone or they think that I dont respect there culture. It wasn’t done to hurt anyone sentiments or anything for that matter. I just went to Kartarpur to learn about the history and know about the Sikh community. “Recently I posted a picture on Instagram that was not even a part of a shoot or anything. In her apology, the Pakistani model said that she did not intend to hurt anyone and the pictures of her photoshoot were supposed to be a memory of her visit to Kartarpur Sahib. The model, Sauleha Imtiaz, later deleted the photos and posted an apology on her Instagram page. NEW DELHI: A Pakistani model’s photos at Gurdwara Darbar Sahib in Kartarpur set social media abuzz after some on social media pointed out that the “bareheaded pictures” hurt the sentiments of the Sikh community.
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