New Delhi: Pakistani actors are displaying their misogyny on national television and their cringe takes have riled up the internet.
Pakistan’s favourite TV couple—Danish Taimoor and Ayeza Khan went to a Ramzan special episode on a channel and stirred the controversy pot. Ayeza, one of Pakistan’s most popular actresses, sat nodding as her husband invoked Islam to proudly claim that he had been allowed by god to marry four times.
Taimoor further said that he chose not to—not because he doesn’t want to but because “filhaal (for now)”, he is happy with his wife.
Pakistanis cannot deal with his blatant display of misogyny, but they are also equally calling out Ayeza for simply agreeing with him. They are even giving her options: “girl, run!”
“Ayeza Khan ko “filhaal” koi aur dhoond lena chahye imo (Ayeza Khan should find someone else “for now”),” an X user sarcastically noted.
Arrogant, toxic, regressive
It’s not just women talking about the misogyny. Social media influencers Farid Khan and Muneeb Qadir also called out Danish’s entitlement.
“What next? A woman will have to be thankful to you [Danish Taimoor] for not beating her or not honor k1lling her?” Qadir wrote on X.
Farid Khan wanted Taimoor to have some shame.
“What filthy mentality to insult your wife, who happens to be one of the most famous faces, on TV. Islam is more than just ‘chaar shaadiyan’ bhai. Sharam karlo,” he wrote on X.
Women, in Pakistan, however, are mostly not surprised. The prevalent misogyny in the country is not new to them. Danish’s onscreen characters are proof, they say.
“People being shocked that Danish Taimoor, who plays arrogant toxic regressive roles, is in fact, arrogant, toxic and regressive,” another Pakistani casually pointed out.
People being shocked that Danish Taimoor, who plays arrogant toxic regressive roles, is in fact, arrogant toxic and regressive pic.twitter.com/XGbbuSm5sO
— lisa🕊 (@iskochupao) March 17, 2025
“Danish taimoor didn’t surprise me. Almost all the men are like him. They think they can marry four times to show some power over women, and they are non reluctantly entitled to brag about it openly, be at public places, or on mainstream media,” Zaib Ali wrote on X.
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Wake up, girlie
Most others don’t know what’s worse: Ayeza’s ‘public humiliation’ by her husband despite being apparently more successful than him, or the fact that she chose to smile and nod while he spewed his views in front of an audience.
“Ayeza Khan nodding to what Danish taimoor had to say on a national television is also a problem. Girlie wake up and know your worth!” X user Anoushae pointed out.
“It isn’t about religion but male entitlement deeply ingrained in Pakistan’s society. The sadder part is the host as well as Ayeza are nodding in agreement giving out such a wrong message to the young man and women in #Pakistan,” Sameena Sultana wrote on X.
Others agreed. In a society that worships celebrities, the comment was in bad taste.
“The worst thing about Danish taimoor’s clownery is not what he said but WHERE he said it. As a society that already has men who treat their wives as cooks, caretakers, bed warmers and babysitters, a public statement like this by a celebrity only encourages the pathetic mindset,” read another X post.
Writer Sabah Bano Malik, however, chose to give simple advice to Ayeza Khan: “If Ayza Khan was my girlie I’d tell her to filhal dump him.”
If Ayza Khan was my girlie I’d tell her to filhal dump him
— Sabah Bano Malik (@sabahbanomalik) March 17, 2025
(Edited by Prasanna Bachchhav)
This us the average Pakistani mindset. While studying abroad, I came across quite a few Pakistanis. Each one seemed to be in a competition with the others to achieve the title of “The Perfect Muslim”. It was a surreal competition in regressive thoughts and practices. I remeber wondering why on earth did they come to the USA if they wanted to cljng on to every word of Islam? They would have been much better off in Pakistan.
What’s incomprehensible is that the women are even more regressive than the men. They have absolutely no issues with their husbands having four wives simultaneously.
Interacting with a Pakistani is like getting into an alternate world – a world of depravity marked by a complete absence of ethics, morals and principles.