Journalist Naeem Hanif has issued a formal apology after actor Saba Qamar served him a Rs100 million legal notice over defamatory remarks made about her character.<\/p>\n
According to the legal notice, Hanif had \u201cmade and disseminated defamatory, sexist and derogatory statements concerning [Qamar\u2019s] personal and moral character,\u201d while promoting the \u201cregressive notion that a woman\u2019s achievements are not earned through merit or professionalism but through association with men.\u201d<\/p>\n
Hanif addressed the controversy while appearing on a podcast hosted by Bushra Khan on RNN Network\u2019s YouTube channel, where he acknowledged that his claims were false. \u201cThe claims I made were false and I apologise to Saba Qamar,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Qamar responded to the apology by sharing it to her Instagram story, with the caption \u201cSpeechless\u201d.<\/p>\n
The apology follows remarks Hanif made earlier in November 2025 on his YouTube channel, where he alleged that Qamar had once lived in a house in Lahore\u2019s Walton area that was allegedly provided to her by an unnamed individual. The claims quickly drew backlash online.<\/p>\n
Qamar firmly denied the accusations, sharing a screenshot of the podcast on her Instagram account and calling the statements \u201cbaseless and untrue.\u201d She said she had never lived in Walton and described the remarks as a serious act of character assassination.<\/p>\n
Following the controversy, several celebrities publicly came out in support of Qamar and condemned the nature of the allegations.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"