Defamation case: Ali Zafar, Iffat Omar engage in intense verbal spat on Twitter

Pakistani actor Iffat Omar and singer Ali Zafar engaged in a heated exchange on Twitter over the defamation case filed by the latter against fellow singer Meesha Shafi. 

Back in April 2018, Shafi turned to her social media and publicly accused Zafar of sexually harassing her on more than one occasion. Zafar denied the allegations and filed a defamation suit against Shafi.

Reports have been circulating that Shafi has "admitted to giving a false statement" after a recent hearing of the case.

Omar, on the microblogging website, responded to the reports, saying "fake news alert."

Later, Zafar accused Omar of asking publications not to post court proceedings and organisers not to hire him. 

"It has come to my knowledge that [Iffat Omar] who was “found guilty” in the FIA’s report for smear against me and is on camera admitting harassing an older colleague, has been calling up publications not to post court proceedings and organisers not to hire me. Enough is enough."

Omar was quick to reply to the tweet, accusing Zafar of lying and challenging him to prove the allegations in court. 

At this, Zafar said that those "you’ve been calling to intimidate and bully will come in court to testify against you." 

To this, Omar replied: "Bring it on loser."

Zafar then threatened Omar, saying if she continues to bully and harass him, he will post her videos where she was "confronted with in court along with other stuff that's part of record." 

Later, Zafar also accused Omar of causing distress to the women in his family and his father, who he claimed protected her from harassment during her university time. 

At this, the actress accused Zafar's father of "calling her to get things fixed". 

Their argument caused drama on social media with some users siding with the singer while some spoke in the actor's support.