Pakistani actress Zara Noor Abbas has said she would take the harshest possible action against those involved in cases of violence against women and children if she were given the opportunity to serve as a police officer for a day.
Speaking to Geo Digital during the promotional campaign for her upcoming anthology film Shehroze, Abbas said she would not consider the legal process in such cases and would seek the most severe punishment for those involved.
Abbas is returning to the big screen after seven years and is currently promoting Shehroze, a collaboration between Sindh Films and Geo Films. The anthology brings together three stories centred on different women.
Zara Noor Abbas plays bomb disposal officer
In the film’s segment Gear Up, Abbas plays a character named Zara, a member of a bomb disposal squad whose abilities are initially overlooked because she is a woman.
Describing the character, Abbas said she discovers that a bomb has been planted somewhere and must not only dispose of the explosive but also prove that she is capable of handling the responsibility.
During the interview, she was asked what she would do if she became a police officer for one day.
Abbas responded that she would take action against people involved in cases of violence against women and children, saying she would seek the death penalty for all those responsible and would not consider what the law says.
Her comments were made in the context of a promotional interview and reflect the actress’s personal response to a hypothetical question rather than a statement of official legal policy.
Actress names husband for arrest scenario
In another light-hearted question, Abbas was asked which celebrity she would arrest if she became a police officer.
She named her husband, actor Asad Siddiqui, saying that while they are currently happy together, she would still choose him if she had to make an arrest.
Asked whom she would place in an interrogation room, Abbas named actor Fahad Mustafa.
Shehroze set for October 2 release
Shehroze is scheduled to release in cinemas across Pakistan on October 2.
The anthology features three separate stories. Abbas stars in Gear Up, while Ushna Shah appears in Punch and Kinza Hashmi plays the lead role in Artist.
The film is being presented by Tamasha Films and is directed across its segments by different filmmakers, including Saqib Khan for Abbas’s segment.