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Meesha Shafi calls out Lux Style Awards for not nominating a single female musician this year

Meesha Shafi calls out Lux Style Awards for not nominating a single female musician this year

Singers Risham Faiz Bhutta and Sania from Justin Bibis agreed with her take that this is "unjustifiable and highly problematic".
18 Oct, 2022

This year, the Lux Style Awards have excluded women from its list of music nominations and singers are not letting it slide. Meesha Shafi called them out for “blatant discrimination” and was followed by musicians Risham Faiz Bhutta and Sania from Justin Bibis who re-shared her statement and backed it up.

On Tuesday, the ‘Muaziz Saarif’ singer took to Instagram to talk about the unfair nomination list. “Not a single woman nominated in the LSA music nominations. Erasure at this scale (there is an exceptionally high number of nominations this time) of the entire female population occupying the Pakistani music industry is unjustifiable and highly problematic,” she wrote, tagging a list of fellow female musicians.

She pointed out the double standards associated with the brand and held them responsible for this mass wipeout of female musicians. “The LSA brand and jury has set an example of women being blindsided and denied the recognition they deserve. A brand like Lux, who sells their soaps on the back of women in their ads, ought to be more mindful of women equity on their platforms, especially when there is no dearth of women singing/songwriting and releasing high quality music in any given year. LSA is accountable and should be answerable for this blatant discrimination.”

Sania re-posted Shafi’s story in a show of agreement.

Bhutta also shared a post in which she said she’s “not shocked but it’s a prime example of women being blindsided and denied the recognition they deserve. Looking at the list made me feel like women didn’t exist this year, they did.”

Bhutta sought answers, on behalf of all female musicians “who have worked hard on their music/art, deserved EQUAL recognition and should be answerable for this blatant ignorance”.

Comments

ST Oct 18, 2022 06:12pm
Meesha Shahid wants to stay in news with her spicy and ridiculous ideas. A cheap stunt to stay in limelight.
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Akil Akhtar Oct 18, 2022 06:12pm
The question is, is there a female musician worthy of it as its not a quota system...
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Soniye tu auder te la Oct 18, 2022 06:24pm
She should do a song with Ali Zafar. This way she might get nominated.
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SK9595 Oct 18, 2022 06:32pm
maybe because they just weren't good enough..
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Tahir Raouf Oct 18, 2022 06:50pm
Seems grouping and flattery in selection
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Dr Sutton Oct 18, 2022 06:57pm
Surely nomination should be on quality of work only … not on gender basis.
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Ahmed Oct 18, 2022 07:01pm
The world is bad because it isn't like I want it to be.
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Roy Oct 18, 2022 07:15pm
I for one won't listen even a single song standing out sung by any female singer to be honest. Girls don't need to claim their places from "quota" as there is none for singing. They ought to make their way through sheer hard work to shine brilliantly just like their male counterparts.
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M. Shahid Yousuf Oct 18, 2022 07:23pm
Who nominates, who awards ? Why not make it open to the general public to judge ? That way the marketplace determines the merit and not closed committees behind closed doors.
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Mujaddid Oct 18, 2022 09:04pm
You did not sing well that is why you weren't chosen to be awarded.stop making excuses!
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M. Saeed Oct 18, 2022 10:39pm
Music and quality find their own meritorious positions. Meesha Shafi is not a quality singer or musician. She is riding on the spicy news with no audience!
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Priceless pleasures Oct 18, 2022 10:44pm
We have to see, for how long even the male singers keep their jobs. There is a war against smaller pleasures. Sidelining women is just the beginning. More bad news one the way, I fear
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Me Oct 18, 2022 10:56pm
Shut up!
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Joshua Oct 19, 2022 02:06am
Because there wasn't one worthy enough to be nominated.
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Anonymouseee Oct 19, 2022 02:10am
Meesha is always looking for cheap publicity.
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ayesha Oct 19, 2022 04:14am
she is the same women who tried to play victim card .no respect for Meesha with her false allegations
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Surela Besur Oct 19, 2022 06:20am
Meesha shafi is on the cusp of breaking through in the western music scene it would enhance the credibility of the Pakistan music scene to give her talent recognition her crime was to reject the advances of a very powerful predator.
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Mahnaz Qaiser Oct 19, 2022 06:59am
THE awards are based on the best singers,not on gender.Stop trying to take away from those better than you male or female.
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Abdullah Oct 19, 2022 07:27am
So she wants a quota in it
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Ragar Bashaah Oct 19, 2022 07:30am
@Akil Akhtar Sir i suggest you to listen all the amazing music female artists have released this year
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FAZ Oct 19, 2022 07:38am
One day she will ask Bilal Lashari about not making a film on a female Maula Jatt. Or Maula Jattni? Then accuse him of being a misogynist.
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Ali Oct 19, 2022 08:56am
Past sell by date
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aa Oct 19, 2022 11:36am
maybe they not good?
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Oct 19, 2022 01:34pm
Unfortunately, racism and sexism are everywhere.
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