{"id":28114,"date":"2025-11-20T00:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28114"},"modified":"2025-11-20T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2025-11-20T00:04:13","slug":"stop-pitting-women-against-each-other","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=28114","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Stop pitting women against each other&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Actor Mahira Khan has addressed longstanding rumours of a rivalry with Saba Qamar, calling the narrative &#8220;manufactured&#8221; and rooted in a broader tendency to pit prominent women against one another.<\/p>\n<p>Speculation first began circulating in 2019 after Saba appeared on &#8216;The Munshi Show&#8217;. When asked about her relationship with Mahira, she candidly responded, &#8220;We are not friends.&#8221; The remark quickly sparked online chatter, though it stemmed more from fan speculation than any real-life tension.<\/p>\n<p>Saba later clarified, &#8220;There is no such issue between us, simply because we have never interacted or worked together. She is doing great work in her own lane and I am in mine.&#8221; Since then, Mahira has repeatedly been asked about the rumours and has consistently praised Saba&#8217;s talent while questioning why successful women are often framed as adversaries.<\/p>\n<p>Appearing at an event to promote her upcoming movie &#8216;Neelofar&#8217;, Mahira stated, &#8220;I&#8217;m not being diplomatic, I think Saba is a brilliant actress.&#8221; She added that her perspective is not personal; she simply has very few friends within the industry. Mahira explained that the narrative around her and Saba is part of a larger culture of pitting successful women against each other.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We underestimate what two powerful women can do if they come together. Hopefully, if we ever collaborate, it can be a really good product. We have a broader worldview problem where, the moment we see two successful women, we pit them against each other, and it works for everyone except them.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Both actors have now publicly dismissed the rivalry, putting the rumours to rest. Yet the discussion highlights how quickly speculation can take on a life of its own in showbiz, often overshadowing the actual work and achievements of women in the industry.<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Actor Mahira Khan has addressed longstanding rumours of a rivalry with Saba Qamar, calling the narrative &#8220;manufactured&#8221; and rooted in a broader tendency to pit prominent women against one another. Speculation first began circulating in 2019 after Saba appeared on &#8216;The Munshi Show&#8217;. When asked about her relationship with Mahira, she candidly responded, &#8220;We are [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-28114","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28114","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28114"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28114\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28114"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28114"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28114"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}