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Since Meesha Shafi levelled sexual harassment allegations against Ali Zafar, we've seen quite a few celebrities attempt to be fair to both artistes when voicing their views about the controversy.

However, Nabila totally fails this balancing act and doesn't make any point at all.

In her recent Facebook post, she starts out by making it clear that she knows and admires both Ali and Meesha:

Then, the make-up guru talks about the need to refrain from exploiting the #MeToo movement in Pakistan and at first read, it appears like she's implying that Meesha is doing just that:

"Although I don’t like getting involved in any politics but seeing the divide and undying obscenity surrounding the allegations I want to make a point here and request my colleagues to refrain from manipulating the #metoo movement for their personal vendetta or instant fame.

"This platform should be used sacredly and responsibly to educate our next generation of their rights that may have been blurred up until now."

But then, she follows it up with the following statement:

"Regardless of gender, age, [caste], creed or status, [it's] never acceptable to force yourself upon another person without their consent. It’s also not acceptable to ever be violated and stay silent with shame."

So Nabila agrees that sexual harassment is a bad thing and staying quiet is not an option, so how is speaking up about your experience the equivalent of exploiting a global movement? Maybe Nabila is not commenting on Meesha's allegations at all. Perhaps she's criticising the people commenting on the controversy. Maybe she's trying to send a message to someone else. Who knows?