Veena Malik wants to patch up with dad

Her father had disowned her post her controversial shoot but is it a publicity stunt?

Veena Malik

Veena Malik is still making news because of her nude photoshoot with FHM India a few weeks ago. The cover shot which had Veena wearing just a smile and little else, not only tarnished her image in her homeland, Pakistan but also strained her relationship with her family. It was reported that her father, Malik Mohammad Aslam, a retired solider, was outraged by his daughter’s dare-bare act and told the media that he wanted to disown her. But what follows smacks of a huge publicity stunt.

Veena’s UK publicist has revealed that the actress is very upset by the ‘insensitivity’ of the media and has resolved to speak to her family to clear the misunderstanding. Veena confirmed the news. “In the past my family has always stood by my side. They are angry and I understand them but I was not actually nude. I love them and will go back, sit down and speak to them; I hope they will understand,” she said.

December has been quite a tumultuous month for the Pakistani actress cum model. She enraged her compatriots after she appeared nude on the cover of the FHM magazine’s India edition with the initials of Pakistan’s secret agency ‘Inter Services Intelligence’ inked on her arm. Several Pakistani organisations and religious heads were quick to call the 24-year-old actress treacherous and demanded that she be stripped off her citizenship.

In the following days, the lady was caught in a skirmish with the editor-in-chief and journalists of FHM India whom she accused of doctoring her image on the cover of the magazine. Veena initially defended herself by claiming that her image had been morphed and sued the magazine for millions of dollars. Later, she went onto add that she had been only topless for the photoshoot and had worn hot pants but FHM, before publishing the issue, had made her appear completely nude on the cover.

Our question is: if she really wanted to apologise for her recklessness why do it through the media again? Couldn’t she have taken a quiet flight home?