Pakistan’s celebrity couples are going through a rough time right now. First, pop star Aima Baig and actor Shehbaz Shigri announced that they were no longer together with the news following accusations of cheating. A day later, actors Feroze Khan and Syeda Aliza Sultan announced that they have parted ways after four years of marriage. Now, Aliza has come forward with claims of domestic abuse.
Aliza opened up about her abusive marriage in an Instagram post saying that she had to suffer “physical and psychological violence” from Feroze.
“I had to endure infidelity, blackmail, and degradation at my husband’s hands.”
She added that after careful consideration, she has “reached the sad conclusion that I cannot spend my whole life in this horrific manner.”
Aliza went on to say, “The welfare and wellbeing of my children have played a significant role in this decision. I do not want them to grow up in a toxic, unhealthy, and violent household. I am afraid that their mental development and approach to life would be negatively impacted by exposure to a such hostile environment.”
“No kid should ever have to grow up feeling violence to be a normal part of relationships. I would rather teach them that no wounds are too deep to be healed, no scars too shameful to be concealed at the cost of one’s safety,” she added.
Feroze Khan’s statement
The actor’s statement came a few hours later. He did not comment on the allegations and kept his statement limited to sharing the court proceedings.
“As a law-abiding citizen of Pakistan, I have full confidence in the justice of the court,” Feroze wrote. “Our divorce was finalized on September 3, 2022, after which I filed a family law case seeking custody of and visitation rights pertaining to my children Sultan and Fatima…
“Today, on September 21, 2022, the court heard both parties and allowed me to spend time with my children Sultan and Fatima for half an hour in his [the judge’s] presence. The court then adjourned the matter till October 1, 2022, on which date it will resume further proceedings related to visitation rights whereby I can continue to meet my children,” he added.
The court has barred the actor from meeting the children without the court’s permission.
Feroze Khan added that he is bearing the children’s education expenses. “They have gotten admission in schools but they are not being sent to school.”
Feroze continued that he would continue to support his ex-wife as the mother of his children. “I am afraid I am not in a position to further discuss this matter as the case is pending before the Court,” the Aye Musht-e-Khaak actor concluded.
Upon Feroze Khan’s request, the family court sought a response from his ex-wife.
Aliza Khan responded by saying that she resides in Gulistan-e- Johar, so it’s difficult for her to take the children to a school in Defence. The court adjourned further hearing of the case for two weeks.
