Last night after tweeting a private screenshot of a conversation with her mother Shireen Mazari, Imaan Mazari disappeared from Twitter leaving a lot of people confused.
Her mother was furious with Imaan over a tweet she had made criticising the DG ISPR and calling them embarrassing.
Its best that the DG ISPR watch his words carefully. We are well aware of the interference of the Pakistani army in our politics. Our civilian leadership should respond to India's empty threats. We do not need the DG ISPR to open his mouth: every time he does, it is embarrassing. https://t.co/jjjlindHJL
— ایمان زینب (@ImaanZHazir) September 22, 2018
After this entire incident went viral, Imaan disappeared from Twitter. While some people believe she had deactivated her account on her own, there were others who believed her account had been reported.
Imaan Mazari's account has been taken down!
— AB (@_TheYousafzai) September 23, 2018
Imaan mazari deactivated or what!!!!!
— Mario (@mariaasaleem) September 23, 2018
This is not the first time Imaan was chastised for her criticism for the Pakistan Army.
Or even the first time that her mother was blamed or targetted for her daughter’s opinions. And even last night Imaan talked about how she wished people would not involve her mother and accept that the two could have different opinions.
It is inconceivable to so many Pakistanis that a young woman has completely different opinions than her mother. Equally inconceivable to them is the fact that parents cannot control their children forever.
It doesn't make me angry anymore: I feel pity for such a sad mindset.
— ایمان زینب (@ImaanZHazir) September 23, 2018
However, before people could speculate about her Twitter disappearance even further, Imaan Mazari returned to the Twittersphere to explain everything.
She explained that she had deactivated her account on her own.
She did this in order to collect her thoughts because things had gotten out of her control. But she came back immediately because she believed in her right to free speech and that she wanted to exercise it. She even addressed how it was sad that this would affect her mother, Shireen Mazari since she is always targetted for her daughter’s opinions.
While Imaan state that she thought it was unfortunate that her mother was attacked because of her opinions, she did not plan on giving up her democratic right to free speech just because of emotional blackmail and pressure from certain groups for her to stay quiet.
After things spiralled out of control yesterday, I decided to take a step back to collect my thoughts. One cannot even begin to explain the effect of these pressure tactics on one's nerves (no matter how strong we believe ourselves to be). My intention is never to hurt. (1)
— ایمان زینب (@ImaanZHazir) September 24, 2018
Ultimately, the right to freedom of expression is my fundamental human right and I will continue to exercise it. It is unfortunate that my mother is attacked over my opinions but I refuse to give into this emotional blackmailing by those who try to tear families apart. (2)
— ایمان زینب (@ImaanZHazir) September 24, 2018
Shireen Mazari even tweeted about her daughter deactivating her account stating that it was entirely Imaan’s own decision.
And that her daughter is not someone who yields to pressure. This was after people started asking her why Imaan has suddenly disappeared from Twitter.
She chose to do so temporarily on her own so I have no doubt she will be back on twitter very soon! Frankly there was no external pressure – altho that would resonate in some quarters! Imaan would not yield to such pressure I can assure u! https://t.co/wXyB8Id5Kl
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) September 24, 2018
What do you think about this entire Twitter drama? Let us know in the comments!
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