Domestic Violence Scandal: People Still Support Fatima Sohail After Mohsin Abbas Haider's Press Conference

Famous actor and singer Mohsin Abbas Haider was allegedly accused of domestic violence and cheating by his wife, Fatima Sohail.

Zulim Bardast kerna bhi Qunah hai! I am Fatima. Wife of Mohsin Abbas Haider & here is my story.On 26th Nov 2018, I…
Posted by Fatima Sohail on Saturday, July 20, 2019

Fatima caught Mohsin cheating on her in 2018 with another woman and was brutally beaten when she confronted him. Moreover, she was pregnant at that time and feared for her unborn child’s safety while withstanding the constant domestic abuse.

Many celebrities are supporting Fatima Sohail after she decided to open up about Mohsin Haider Abbas violence. Gohar Rasheed and Dua Malik claimed that they have witnessed it themselves.

The injustice that took place with #FatimaSohail, I was a second hand witness to it in 2018 when my friend took #Fatima to the hospital after she had been beaten up by #MohsinAbbasHaider Through her I got to know the whole Story. Fatima is like a sister to me (1/3)
— Mirza Gohar Rasheed (@GoharRsd) July 21, 2019

SHE, wanted to save her marriage and ensure the health of her baby so we respected that and kept quite but now since she is out with the truth her self (more power to you #fatima) (2/3) #justiceforfatima
— Mirza Gohar Rasheed (@GoharRsd) July 21, 2019

I wanted to say that men like these are a threat to the society I don’t see him just as a spineless, pathetic sick human being , I see him as a danger. She needs justice and he needs HELP. #justiceforfatima (3/3)
— Mirza Gohar Rasheed (@GoharRsd) July 21, 2019

Many different celebrities stood up against domestic violence and said Haider should be boycotted.

Last year when Mohsin wrote abt his depression i called him up to check on him. Gave him my sisters number who is a psychiatrist in UK.
So wrong to use depression and suicide as a tactic to deflect from who you truly are: an abuser. Horrifying. #fatemasohail we all stand with u!
— manshapasha (@manshapasha) July 21, 2019

Growing up I remember, once my father got really upset when he saw my mother crying. Upon inquiring, he found out that one of our neighbor used to beat his wife. He went up to his house the same day and put him in his place. The guy was a wuss. #MohsinAbbasHaider shame on you!
— Haroon Shahid (@HaroonsMusic) July 21, 2019

Sick to my stomach. What gives anybody the right to raise their hand on anyone? Nothing. No excuse.
For eons now we have normalised abuse (of all kinds) and for the sake of our children this needs to stop.
— Mahira Khan (@TheMahiraKhan) July 21, 2019

You know all the fame you get, all the hard work you put into your work, that body you keep working on, those sleepless nights of shooting and working hard don’t pay off when you’re a piece of shit! #TimesUp pic.twitter.com/phRxQpPnYg
— Hania Aamir (@realhaniahehe) July 20, 2019

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#MohsinAbbasHaidar Thr is absolutely no religious/cultural/emotional/psychological/any othr excuse for beating your pregnant wife. We need to make a horrible example of Mr Mohsin for all those men who dare raise thr hand on the female servants of Allah & try to justify it! (2/2)
— Hamza Ali Abbasi (@iamhamzaabbasi) July 21, 2019

Fatima, You are so so brave to come forward opening doors to Women of domestic violence please dont be scared anymore! Speak! ABUSE comes in many forms. physical, mental, verbal, economics, isolation. It is a sickness! What demons are you carrying? #MohsinAbbasHaider Get help! pic.twitter.com/gg02J2bmm8
— Frieha Altaf (@FriehaAltaf) July 21, 2019

Not only celebrities, senator Sherry Rehman, Minister of Human Rights Shireen Mazari and Lawyer and activist Nighat Dad stood in favor of Fatima.

Fatima like so many others,needs help. Am available in Islamabad at any point to meet and take this up. Many legislators feel very strongly about abuse and domestic violence. We worked for years on the lawmaking against it. Please feel free to DM me to coordinate any response https://t.co/RboiOwaxiX
— SenatorSherryRehman (@sherryrehman) July 21, 2019

Domestic violence has been endemic here across all social groups but now women are finding the courage to speak out about their own cases. It's not simply matter of applying the law but of changing mindsets thru awareness & shaming/socially ostracising the guilty. We will IA
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) July 22, 2019

Fatima don’t be discouraged if any of this happens in next few days
1. Leaking any private video (can be a fake one)
2. Defamation suit
3. Mohsin Abbas’s statement (rotay huway)
4. Trolls defaming and discrediting you online while setting false narrative #MohsinAbbasHaider
— Nighat Dad (@nighatdad) July 21, 2019

In a press conference held in Lahore on 21st July, Mohsin Haider Abbas denied all the accusations.

“Whatever she said, is not true, adding that I never touched her. “

Referring to the pictures posted by Sohail on her social media accounts, he said, “The pictures she shared were of 2018, when she fell down the stairs”. He remarked that they were the same pictures she had sent him last year when he was traveling.

Mohsin Abbas Haider went on to say that Fatima Sohail is “trying to play the woman card”. However, he accepted: “It is true that I have had anger issues in the past but I’m a changed man.”

When their marriage wasn’t working, he said he decided to marry to someone else. He remarked that Sohail didn’t take his decision very well.

“When I talked to Fatima about my second marriage, she said she wouldn’t let that happen,” he added. Haider added that Sohail threatened to kill herself and demanded that he transfer his property onto her name.

Even after Mohsin Abbas Haider tried proving his innocence, people are still in favor of his wife.

Just saw #MohsinAbbasHaider 's press conference – feeling sick to the core. Great optics but the stereotypical references made to women, using religion as a mean for proving oneself right and reference to woman card etc were all tick boxes for me in terms of what perpetrators
— Kiran Khan (@KiranKhanLive) July 22, 2019

The worst feeling after watching #MohsinAbbasHaider's entitled and misogynistic statement is knowing that the awan will still label him as the victim. And then have the audacity to ask victims of domestic abuse 'why come out after 5 years'?
— Sara Mahmood (@sara_mrana) July 22, 2019

I still can't believe what Mohsin Abbas Haider did and then actually said in the press conference yesterday. Still feel so bad. Man, I was his fan since so damn long. Nothing can justify physical abuse, NOTHING!
— … (@Hibbah_) July 22, 2019

Mohsin Abbas claims that the picture Fatema shared is from 2018. He doesn’t deny them.

So where’s the lie? She said he beat her during pregnancy and she was pregnant in 2018. What an asshole.
— Sohaa (@SohaTazz) July 21, 2019

In the start he says she showed him bruises from falling off the stairs by sending pics when he was out of city?? Later says she showed him when came home?? Somewhere in between he slipped that she showed 2018 pics so she can show from recent abuse hence confirming it happened?? https://t.co/M9f49gjuY7
— mafty (@maryamful) July 21, 2019