Ali Zafar, a well-known actor, and musician, has clarified that he didn’t join politics on social media.
The rumors were triggered by a photo of the celebrity sporting a sweatshirt bearing a political message and the insignia for the Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), respectively—a bat and a lion.
Yaar so many messages as I turn on my phone in Vancouver inquiring about if I have joined any party 😂
Firstly, I was wearing a red jacket in the concert in Toronto last night. The much talked about image is in the hoodie I wore at the sound check before the concert from a brand… pic.twitter.com/op4Ns3Zxtf
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) April 30, 2023
The social media users shared the image, claiming that Ali Zafar has joined the politics.
Taking to Twitter, the singer clarified that he was wearing a red jacket at the concert in Toronto last night.
“Man! I’ve received so many messages as I turned on my phone […] inquiring about if I have joined any party,” he wrote in the tweet.
ہر چیز کو بغیر تحقیق کیے سیاسی رنگ دینا اور متنازعہ بنانا مناسب نہیں۔ غلط headline کے ساتھ شائع کی گئی تصویر کی اصل حقیقت۔ pic.twitter.com/hYTQu7IgmZ
— Ali Zafar (@AliZafarsays) May 1, 2023
He said the much-talked image of what he wore at the concert was from a brand named “Raasta” that “uses local symbols and desi [local] catchphrases for aesthetic purposes”.
“The same hoodie had a balla [bat] and a teer [arrow] also. Just wore it casually as he’d sent a gift,” he said.
“Next time I will even wear a vest cautiously,” he wrote sarcastically.
He also bemoaned the inappropriateness of politicizing and making everything contentious without evidence in another tweet.
The well-known celebrity claimed in a video message that the hoodie also bears the election insignia of other political parties.
He said that the PML-N’s political slogan “Sher Aya Sher Aya” was also printed on the sweatshirt and urged his supporters not to stir up trouble.
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