Coke Studio’s rendition of Momina Mustehsan and Ahad Raza Mir’s ‘Ko Ko Korina’ has legit not only broken the internet but divided the nation. Yesterday politician Shireen Mazari took to Twitter to denounce the song, calling it “horrendous” and asking why “Coke Studio allow[ed] such a massacre.”
Horrendous! Destroyed a great classic – why oh why did Coke Studio allow such a massacre of this classic song? https://t.co/Iq5gfCPYcr
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) October 21, 2018
Momina Mustehsan responded to the tweet and stated how Shireen should appreciate coke studio for “allowing [them] to express” themselves
Apologies for hurting ur sentiments. It is ur right to judge us & express ur outrage,just like it was our right to exercise our #FreedomOfExpression. As our Minister of #HumanRights, u should appreciate @cokestudio for allowing us to express ourselves, esp if it was horrendous 🙂 https://t.co/OkYdSE0jCz
— Momina Mustehsan (@MominaMustehsan) October 22, 2018
…It didn’t stop there, as the feud quickly escalated into a mass online debate with Pakistanis sitting back with a bag of popcorn, watching it all take place
Sajal Aly, a close friend of Ahad took to social media this morning to condemn all the negativity surrounding the song
The actress indirectly targeted not just Shireen Mazari, but also all those who have expressed hatred for the Coke Studio rendition in her Instagram stories. She asked those who were hating on the song that “itni nafrat lay kar kahan jaogay? Qabar mai?”
She added the hashtag #sttopthehate and continued her tirade saying that it’s been “3 days” and there has been an endless criticism against the song
Sajal said how “you don’t have to go town insulting it someone’s effort” and that “it’s only a song.”
Here’s the full post.
While a few of Sajal’s fans took to her defense, agreeing with her statement
Others disagreed, stating that criticism should be fairly allowed
