Bollywood actress Veena Malik is shocked that a Pakistani court sentenced her to 26 years in prison for starring in a mock TV wedding. According to The Independent, the 30-year-old actress, her husband Asad Bashir Khan and Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman, the chief executive of the biggest media group in Pakistan, staged a fake TV wedding mocking the nuptials of Prophet Mohammed's daughter.
Judge Shahbaz Khan said Malik, Bashir Khan and Rahman committed "profanity" and ordered for them to be arrested. The host of the show, Shaista Wahidi, was also arrested. All four people were sentenced to 26 years in jail.
"The malicious acts of the proclaimed offenders ignited the sentiments of all the Muslims of the country and hurt their feelings, which cannot be taken lightly and there is need to strictly curb tendency," the court order, issued by the judge, stated.
"26 years! Come on. 26 years is a lifetime... But I have faith in higher courts in Pakistan," Malik said in an interview, according to Gulf News. "When the final verdict comes, it will do justice to me. Nothing bad is going to happen."
Malik told the Gulf News that she plans on returning to Pakistan in December to appeal the decision.
"I have faced highs and lows in my life," she added. "But I am sure I haven't done anything wrong."
