Who is Zara Haider and why is she trending on Twitter?
- An acquaintance of both Noor Mukaddam and Zahir Jaffer who gained popularity after the murder, for calling out problematic boys/ harassers/ predators currently living in Islamabad.
Having lived there herself, she began identifying her childhood bullies and was approached by a multitude of women who too wanted their stories of abuse at the hands of these men, heard. Naturally, her public writing account became popular for her activism
She used it to not only give interviews about Noor, but later created a GoFundMe account asking people to fund her “Call Out Campaign” saying she had started receiving threats of defamation. She raised $1400 dollars out of her 5k goal
Ironically, one of the boys Abdullah - that she had called out - had made a small donation to her campaign. He now claims he has been a changed man “since the past 8 months” and is taking therapy to mend his ways/ make amends. Here’s where it gets interesting
Zara, who initially identified him as an abuser, reached out to him to make small talk mentioning how she felt bad for the whole call out thing.
Turns out, she only wanted him to subscribe to her OnlyFans. (A social media platform where you can sell/ purchase original content.) Abdullah exposed how odd that was and here’s what Zara replied
He then said he has voice-notes to prove how her intention was to cash on the tragedy for her own gain, but he can’t post them because Zara has blocked him. When one of her followers questioned her about it, here’s what she replied:
Why are people mad at her?
- For inserting herself into a national tragedy for popularity
- Cashing on vulnerable sensitivities of people triggered by the events of the murder, who flocked to help her with cash when she asked
- Triggering victims of assault who trusted her with their stories only to have her reach out to the predator and discredit them all saying “oh I was only a facilitator”
- Proving what a shit-show the elite in Islamabad are capable of brewing!