Hina Altaf flight video: actress calls out man for staring at her
Hina Altaf posted a video of a fellow passenger she says kept staring at her on a flight. Here is what she said, and why it follows her Karachi post.
Actress Hina Altaf has used her Instagram stories to call out a man she says would not stop staring at her during a flight. She posted a short video of the passenger seated near her, with a caption saying he stared without any shame, The Express Tribune reported on Monday, 9 November.
She also shared a photo of herself in her seat. Her point, as she put it, was that the problem was not what she was wearing but his repeated staring.
The airline and the route have not been named, and there has been no response from the passenger.
Why it struck a nerve
For many women in Pakistan, the experience she described is ordinary: on buses, in bazaars, at airports. What made this post spread is that Hina refused to let the usual question, “what was she wearing?”, even start. She answered it before anyone could ask.
The post also came days after another of her stories set off a bigger debate. On a trip to London, she took a sarcastic swipe at the restrictions women face back home before flying to Karachi, ARY News reported, and called the city a “jail” for women, according to Minute Mirror. That drew a reply from Hina Parvez Butt, chairperson of the Punjab Women Protection Authority, who invited the actress to Lahore to see the province’s women-protection services for herself.
What happens next
Hina has not added anything to the story since. Whether she takes up the Punjab authority’s invitation to Lahore is the next thing to watch.
