Nimra Jacob accuses Hasnain Lehri of assault, he denies claims

In a surprising flip of occasions, Pakistani fashions Hasnain Lehri and Nimra Jacob have discovered themselves on the centre of an issue following an alleged incident on the Commerce Improvement Authority Pakistan’s (TDAP) style present throughout this yr’s Textile EXPO (TEXPO2023). A video launched by a Pakistani tabloid captured Lehri engaged in a heated argument within the presence of different fashions, together with Jacob.

The video confirmed a tense scenario as the feminine fashions surrounded Jacob, who appeared visibly shaken by the alleged incident. The argument unfolded as Lehri vehemently denied the accusations. Whereas some folks held Lehri again, a gaggle of fashions surrounded Jacob, who was on the verge of tears.

Whereas The Specific Tribune reached out to Jacob’s supervisor for a press release and is but to listen to again, the mannequin posted a sequence of Instagram Tales to convey her aspect of the story. “You may’t mistreat me. You may’t threaten me. You may’t bully me. And also you certainly won’t put your fingers on me with out penalties,” acknowledged the mannequin. “We, within the style trade, have seen an excessive amount of abuse, disrespect, and full, utter negligence for our security to tolerate it anymore. I’ve no house in my coronary heart for forgiveness relating to abuse, harassment, bullying, assault, and so forth.”

She wrote additional, “With none believable trigger, threats had been made at me. I used to be verbally abused and bodily assaulted. My property was taken and used to blackmail me. My feminine colleagues had been harmed within the technique of attempting to guard me. This all occurred at work, the place I made certain to deliver it to the eye of the administration that I used to be being threatened by the perpetrator earlier than he even grew to become violent. The administration ought to have taken motion the primary time I discussed concern for my security.”

Jacob continued, “I am fortunate there have been eyewitnesses to this man’s horrific actions. From his threats to his violence, some folks witnessed all of it. As traumatized as I’m, I am not standing alone. I refuse to let anybody abuse, threaten, intimidate, or belittle my colleagues or myself in any method. Immediately I stand to let you recognize that I’ll name out these abusers, harassers, and bullies for precisely who/what they’re. Each single considered one of them.”

Capping off her ideas, she stated, “If we wish the trade to be a protected house, we have to take a stand and collectively test disrespect on the door. We have to demand accountability for individuals who are supposed to make sure our security at work. And demand zero tolerance for the perpetrators concerned in spewing such violence and aggression on the office. I am carried out with this poisonous, abusive tradition. No extra! Sufficient is sufficient.”

Lehri denies accusations

The Specific Tribune was capable of get in contact with Lehri. The mannequin has shared that Jacob first misbehaved with him. “I categorically deny all accusations of bodily altercation and abuse,” Lehri stated. “I come from a really respectful household, we aren’t the sort of people that would get into a difficulty as petty as this.”

Sharing how the occasions unfolded, the mannequin commented that all of it started when Jacob purposefully ran into him throughout the ramp stroll for sportswear model, Spartans. “In the course of the crossing on the ramp, Jacob hit my shoulder. We went backstage and she or he walked in the direction of me, asking me to learn to stroll on the ramp. This resulted in an argument and she or he introduced my deceased father into the dialog.” Lehri then requested her to go away and the duo went again on-ramp for the finale.

He added there are witnesses for this verbal argument. He then asserted many individuals had been current there, together with organisers Tehmina Khaled, Tehmim and choreographer Nubain Ali. “I raised my points with them, who advised me [Jacob] has had a number of points with different fashions and is infamous for her unprofessionalism,” he stated.

“When the present was carried out, I packed my bag, readying to go away; Nubain approached me and requested me what the difficulty was. As Nubain and I had been discussing, that is when [Jacob] returned and began the argument once more,” Lehri went on. “She then advised me to f–k off, and I stated it again. That is when she took out her telephone and began recording me.”

The mannequin added that he requested Jacob to not make a video 4 occasions in entrance of Ali earlier than Lehri took her telephone. He recalled snatching the telephone from Jacob’s hand. “This is not acceptable and I took her telephone. That’s all I did. I took the telephone from her hand and stored it with me as a result of she was recording me with out my consent. She simply needed to indicate her aspect of the story,” he stated. “I want I had taken out my telephone and began recording how [Jacob] was misbehaving as properly.”

Lehri added he won’t be manipulated by anybody and won’t stand for bullies. “With God as my witness, I can swear on the Holy Guide that each one I did was take her telephone. I did not assault anybody, I did not bodily abuse her. [Jacob’s] three pals teamed up towards me. They are going to assist her,” he added.

Lehri additional shared that despite the fact that he can collect numerous witnesses to the argument, he will not do the identical and he “does not need to stoop all the way down to their stage.” He stated, “I can provide you with a number of witnesses when the time comes. For those who deliver my deceased father in to achieve factors after which report me with out my consent, I’ll snatch her telephone. She had been upsetting me the entire time. I advised her to not instigate points that are not current. Due to them, the actual points of girls are suppressed.”

He added that when he was discussing the difficulty with the organisers and after Jacob threatened to ‘name males’, Lehri added he advised them to name whoever they needed to. As soon as he refused to return Jacob’s telephone, the police had been referred to as. “If I used to be within the unsuitable and the alleged bodily assault did occur, why would the police let me depart? I used to be free to go,” Lehri remarked. “I respect my fraternity however [Jacob] is grossly manipulating the entire scenario.”

Organisers unfold what went down

The Specific Tribune additionally contacted Khaled, the occasion organiser and CEO of Take II PR. Khaled was vehement in her stance, refuting that safety was lax and referred to as the complete ordeal a ‘catfight’ primarily based on previous tussles. “This occurred when the present had formally ended,” started Khaled. “Everybody had left. Concerning Jacob’s reference to safety, the Prime Minister got here to the inaugural occasion. So far as Expo safety is anxious, all the safety companies had been employed. Expo Heart was a extremely safe place. It is a TEXPO exhibition, which TDAP has yearly, the place greater than 300 exhibitors and fifty patrons of all nationalities had been current. It can’t be that such a VIP occasion does not have safety.”

She additionally went on to disclaim allegations of abuse. “No one raised fingers on anyone. It was an previous feud between these two fashions that is been happening for years – a grudge they needed to settle. I believe the women most likely had some grudge over the boy. Do you perceive a catfight? It was a infantile catfight, with ‘Oh, he elbowed me,’ and ‘Oh, this particular person abused my father or mom.’ It was a small catfight. However what is occurring today is that individuals begin making movies and placing them on social media to attain one thing out of it.”

She then acknowledged that had such an incident occurred, the police and medical groups would have been concerned. “However nothing of the type occurred, so how would we carry out a medical, create a report, or go to the police?” Khaled additionally acknowledged quite a few occasions that stories claiming that Lehri was taken by police had been false. “No, Lehri was not taken by the police. He was at residence.”

Khaled stated, “I am a girl, I’ll all the time aspect with ladies, so we advised him to apologise to Jacob. He was able to apologise. He was candy sufficient; he stated, ‘Okay, I’ll apologise.’ However then that lady stated that you could fall to each lady’s toes and apologise to all when all the women weren’t even linked to the entire thing.”

Detailing the strict safety measures, Khaled stated, “This was actually blown out of [proportion.]” She, as soon as once more, doubled down on the truth that it was a ‘catfight’ between two fashions, recounting how such points are commonplace throughout the fraternity. “This was not a lapse on the a part of the organisation,” she acknowledged.

When requested to substantiate the timeline and whether or not or not this occurred after the present, Khaled stated, “After all. One and a half hours after the present. Everyone had left. I do not know why these ladies stayed again. They had been settling scores.” She additional elaborated, “Their tussle was ongoing. They had been within the final phase, most likely. That was Ali Xeeshan’s phase. Xeeshan is a loud man who, after a profitable finale, gathers all the women, his journalists, the organising staff for an image. In that picture, you possibly can see each Jacob and Lehri.” She additionally acknowledged that all of them did a celebratory dance backstage and there was “no pressure.” Khaled clarified, “Had I recognized, I might have stayed; we’d have stayed; no one stayed.”

She reiterated once more, “After investigating the entire thing final evening – no one touched anyone. I might have by no means allowed that. I might have referred to as the police there after which. No one punches anyone. We advised the women final evening, too – get a medical carried out. However no one went as a result of there was nothing there. They only needed to vent on social media.”

When requested if the police obtained concerned, Khaled stated, “In no way. No. No. It was badly reported by social media. No police had been concerned. Individuals stated Lehri was taken in by the police, however he was sitting with me. We sat him down and requested him to apologise and he did.”

When requested about safety and the perceived lack of involvement of officers current, Khaled stated, “You may see safety shifting Lehri away. These guards can’t contact the women. As a result of if any safety official is available in and touches a woman, I’ll kill him. You can’t contact ladies.” Khaled then went on to demand proof of the alleged assault. “I need proof,” she stated. “If somebody like Lehri punches a woman, there will likely be a bruise. You go to the police and get it reported. And I swear I would go to the police myself.”

When once more requested if Lehri took up the difficulty with Khaled after the present, she stated, “Sure. After the present, he was the primary to return and complain to me. As quickly as he obtained off the ramp, the present was happening, he got here up – Deepak Perwani was sitting there, I used to be sitting there and another person was there too – and he advised us what she did – elbowed him and abused his just lately deceased father. He was all shaky. I held his hand and requested him to relax. One can solely console. Perwani stated that we’d settle this. He stated that he all the time behaves himself however this lady has been selecting on him since day one.”

Khaled agreed with Lehri that he does, in reality, all the time behave himself and defined that she thought all would fizzle out. She was shocked by the occasions that transpired after. “It has nothing to do with us and nothing to do with the organisational points,” repeated Khaled. She then went on to state that on account of contractual agreements, she and her staff may ship out authorized show-cause notices. ” Now we have a strict contract with the women. They can not go and badmouth the shopper or anyone as a result of these ladies do that on social media these days.” She continued, “In the event that they malign the organisation, they are going to obtain a show-cause discover.” Persevering with on, she stated that she, herself, may problem a authorized discover. “I can do a authorized factor on this incident. They weren’t presupposed to blame the organisation or us on this private feud.”

Trade lends assist to Jacob

Outstanding mannequin Zara Peerzada took to her Instagram Tales to share her ideas on the matter. “Cease hiring violent males to stroll your reveals, be in your shoots. It is not sophisticated. How about whenever you see abuse going down, you tackle it and intervene? It is not sophisticated. Cease doing empowerment campaigns for girls to promote your garments when you do not have respect for them or their security. It is not sophisticated. This isn’t an remoted incident. Why are fashions alone braver than all managements, guardians of trade, and designers with all their pomp and circumstance? Why do you hesitate so to self-discipline or sideline abusive males? It comes at the price of security,” she stated.

Designer Kamiar Rokni additionally shared a press release, voicing his considerations in regards to the incident and stressing the significance of making a protected house for fashions. “Poisonous male behaviour must be addressed within the style trade,” he acknowledged. “Violence towards ladies backstage at a style present is a brand new low. This cannot be allowed to occur once more it’s as much as us to return collectively and make this a protected place for the women. Our fashions are a useful a part of our trade and we will not stand round whereas they’re abused.”

Farwa Ali Kazmi, one other distinguished mannequin, joined the refrain of assist for Jacob, calling for accountability and correct investigation. “In solidarity with ladies who skilled this traumatic incident,” wrote Kazmi. “Disgrace on those that watched and did nothing apart from Sachal Afzal who stood up for these ladies. No matter beef you’ve gotten with an individual, it’s by no means okay to lift your fingers on one other particular person, particularly ladies. It isn’t okay to threaten and disrespect others. To assert that you simply respect ladies and do in any other case, it is simply so disappointing. Breaks my coronary heart that I as soon as knew this particular person and believed him to be an excellent human. Stunning how one can have many faces/personalities.”

PR maven Frieha Altaf additionally tweeted her assist for Jacob. “Deeply disturbed by the information on how Jacob, a mannequin was bullied and felt unsafe at a style occasion. Anoushey Ashraf, [the] purple carpet host additionally felt scared and unsafe at a person making a video of her on the similar occasion. Should create protected areas for all ladies at work,” she penned.

Ashraf did, nevertheless, tweet a correction pertaining to Altaf’s tweet. “I wasn’t quoting my expertise from this occasion although,” she stated. “It was earlier throughout the day after I was driving. Mistreatment of girls is a really actual problem and nobody ought to really feel they will get away with it.”

Mannequin Eman Suleman acknowledged, “Let’s not faux this hasn’t occurred earlier than. We have heard tales, and plenty of of you’ve gotten witnessed the violent tendencies this man has displayed earlier than. He ought to’ve been held accountable then, however this trade loves defending poisonous males.”

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