Actor Khushhal Khan has clarified that his wife, actress Ramsha Khan, independently decided to step away from social media after their marriage attracted widespread online attention and criticism.
Speaking to Hassan Choudary in an interview on Friday, Khushhal said the couple had planned to announce their marriage at an appropriate time and wanted to keep the occasion private rather than conceal it.
“We’d personally decided to make it our private moment… On its due time, it was supposed to be announced, which it was,” he said.
The actor explained that his side announced the marriage on the same day the couple tied the knot. However, photographs from the event had already been circulated online without their permission. Ramsha had previously described the unauthorised release of the pictures as invasive, disrespectful and unethical.
Khushhal denies pressuring Ramsha
Addressing speculation that he had forced his wife to leave social media, Khushhal rejected the claims and said the decision was entirely hers.
“The internet thing, that decision, she took on her own after everything that happened and after the reaction that she saw,” he said.
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He added that he had asked Ramsha whether she was certain about stepping away from social media and dramas, but she maintained that it was what she wanted.
Khushhal said he had been exposed to public attention from an early age and therefore felt less affected by online criticism. However, he admitted that the volume of hostility the couple faced after their wedding had baffled them.
Actor criticises ethnic stereotyping
Khushhal also condemned comments that portrayed the controversy as evidence of Pashtun cultural attitudes being regressive.
He questioned why an entire ethnic community should be judged through generalisations, saying he had never viewed Punjabis, Sindhis or Baloch people through such stereotypes.
The actor further questioned what he described as a double standard in online reactions, arguing that people often support individual freedom but criticise others when they make personal choices that differ from their expectations.
Ramsha’s earlier remarks on social media
Khushhal’s comments follow Hassan Choudary’s August podcast, in which he reportedly discussed Ramsha’s decision to leave social media and her absence from photographs at her sister’s wedding.
Choudary had said Ramsha did not want to appear on camera because she feared the exposure could affect her mental health.
The couple’s remarks have renewed discussion about privacy, online criticism and the pressures public figures face when making personal decisions.
