{"id":109259,"date":"2026-06-06T17:26:04","date_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:26:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/singer-falak-shabir-appeals-to-cm-maryam-for-law-against-short-dresses-in-public-places-the-express-tribune\/"},"modified":"2026-06-06T17:26:04","modified_gmt":"2026-06-06T17:26:04","slug":"singer-falak-shabir-appeals-to-cm-maryam-for-law-against-short-dresses-in-public-places-the-express-tribune","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/singer-falak-shabir-appeals-to-cm-maryam-for-law-against-short-dresses-in-public-places-the-express-tribune\/","title":{"rendered":"Singer Falak Shabir appeals to CM Maryam for law against short dresses in public places | The Express Tribune"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Netizens react to singer&#8217;s comments, say, &#8216;Which bazaar is the singer shopping in?&#8217;<\/p>\n<div id=\"\">\n<p>Pop singer Falak Shabir is losing sleep over a terrifying new threat lurking in the streets of Punjab. No, it\u2019s not inflation, smog, or the price of electricity. It\u2019s short dresses.<\/p>\n<p>Taking to his Instagram stories, the <em>Rog<\/em> singer decided to tag Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz with an urgent, deeply humbled plea.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>\n<p><em>Screengrab of FalakShabir \/Instagram<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&#8220;As a father of two daughters, I humbly request Madam CM Maryam Nawaz please make a law against those who wear short dresses in public places, bazaars and streets, otherwise we will all be destroyed culturally,&#8221; Falak typed out, presumably while looking over his shoulder for rogue knees.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, the internet collectively stopped what it was doing, rubbed its eyes, and asked, &#8221; Which bazaar is the singer shopping in?&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>For anyone who has ever stepped foot into Anarkali, Liberty, or Ichhra Bazaar, the standard uniform seen is lawn kurtas, dupatta-shielded shoulders, and the women facing occasional struggles to not trip over their own oversized palazzo pants. Leaving the question still present: Where are these mysterious, mini-dress-clad citizens roaming around?<\/p>\n<p>Social media was immediately on the case, trying to locate this mythical, high-fashion alternate universe Falak seems to be living in. Users took to social media, pointing out his misogynistic personality and asking about the link between clothes and culture getting destroyed.<\/p>\n<p>Some question him about his change in stance.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sheromalik\/status\/2063189695073485005?s=20\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Dear Falak i have attended your concerts multiple times in which you used to say<br \/>\u201cJin larkio ka dil toota hai wo stage k pass a jain\u201d. You never said a thing about their clothing bcz u were being paid.<br \/>Ye Islamic touch aur mazhab ki thaykedari tab kahan thi ? <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/BfTmNlxgdm\">https:\/\/t.co\/BfTmNlxgdm<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Mubashir. (@Sheromalik) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Sheromalik\/status\/2063189695073485005?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adambaizar\/status\/2062958039376773183?s=20\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">What a bizarre statement\/request by Falak Shabir. The irony and double standards\ud83d\ude35\u200d\ud83d\udcab<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Riz (@adambaizar) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/adambaizar\/status\/2062958039376773183?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 5, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>Users also called his move a cry for wanting attention, questioning his stance and silence over women&#8217;s harassment cases that occur daily.<\/p>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shortiekiddo28\/status\/2063216318833467818?s=20\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">audacity of pakistani performative men never fails to amaze me. alone in may, women have gone thru so fucking much but not a single post but on their clothing he has opinions? falak shabir and sara are the biggest pick-mes irrelevant attention-seekers who contribute nothing good <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/vU1TP1CP0E\">pic.twitter.com\/vU1TP1CP0E<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 desiburgerbacha (@shortiekiddo28) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/shortiekiddo28\/status\/2063216318833467818?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<div data-oembed-url=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wahajism\/status\/2063198056879919290?s=20\">\n<blockquote align=\"center\" class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Falak Shabir should also be banned from singing, wearing western pant shirts, and posting his naked shirtless pictures on instagram because its also destroying our culture. <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FalakShabir1?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@FalakShabir1<\/a> <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/7bbkFDmVEx\">https:\/\/t.co\/7bbkFDmVEx<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 w a h a j (@wahajism) <a rel=\"nofollow\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/wahajism\/status\/2063198056879919290?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">June 6, 2026<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p>While a small segment of social media is cheering Falak on for &#8220;protecting our culture,&#8221; the consensus remains one of mild, heat-induced amusement.<\/p>\n<p>Until Falak drops the exact coordinates of these scandalous bazaars, the rest of us will continue dodging bikes, fighting over the price of tomatoes, and sweating through our very long, very culturally safe shalwar kameez.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><script async src=\"\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Netizens react to singer&#8217;s comments, say, &#8216;Which bazaar is the singer shopping in?&#8217; Pop singer Falak Shabir is losing sleep over a terrifying new threat lurking in the streets of Punjab. No, it\u2019s not inflation, smog, or the price of electricity. It\u2019s short dresses. Taking to his Instagram stories, the Rog singer decided to tag [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":109260,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/i.tribune.com.pk\/media\/images\/untitled-design-841780747428-0\/untitled-design-841780747428-0-640x480.webp","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-109259","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-lifestyle"],"acf":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109259","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=109259"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/109259\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/109260"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=109259"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=109259"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=109259"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}