Source: gulftoday.ae

NEW DELHI: Pakistani actress Veena Malik has filed a defamation suit against an Indian magazine for a “morphed” cover photo of her posing nude with the initials of ISI on her arm.

Veena’s spokesman, Sohail Rasheed, said on Monday that the actress was seeking Rs100 million ($2 million) in damages from FHM India, which insists the nude cover shoot was genuine and consensual.

“The picture has been morphed,” Rasheed said in Islamabad, adding that the magazine had targeted Veena’s “credibility and character.”

“Veena Malik never indulged in nudity and has no intention to do it in future,” he added. FHM India editor Kabeer Sharma said that he was mystified by Veena’s allegations.

“Maybe she is facing some kind of backlash, so maybe that’s why she is denying it.

“We have not photo-shopped or faked the cover. This is what she looks like, she has an amazing body,” Sharma said.

The photo has so far garnered little interest in Pakistan, but has incurred the wrath of her father, who said he had disowned her over her scandalous work in India, which had “humiliated” the family, the country, and Islam.

Weeping, retired soldier Malik Mohammad Aslam, 56, said: “I have disowned her, I have severed all ties with her and I don’t want her to have any share in whatever meagre assets I have until she is cleared of the controversy and pledges not to visit India again.”

Aslam said he did not support his daughter’s showbiz career and said he hoped the authorities would punish his daughter if found guilty of posing nude: “so that no other woman would think of doing such thing.” “I can ignore if she disobeys me but I cannot tolerate anything against my country and my faith,” he said.

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