Posted By Uri Friedman
Friday, December 2, 2011 - 12:12 PM
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A Delhi-based men's lifestyle magazine dropped a bombshell today that recalls the controversy back in April over Turkish Cosmo running a photo of the Armenian-American television star Kim Kardashian without her permission.
The story begins this morning, when FHM India fired off a barrage of tweets on an upcoming cover featuring Pakistani actress Veena Malik, fully nude and sporting an ISI tattoo in reference to Pakistan's controversial spy agency. "Pakistani W.M.D. Veena Malik on Asif, burqas, and work visas," the magazine promised around Malik's midsection. It wasn't shy about promoting the exclusive on Twitter, either. "ISI + Counter Terrorism + Hot Naked Chick = THE HOTTEST WINTER EVER!!" the magazine crowed.
Naturally, mayhem ensued. The Pakistani Twitterverse exploded with commentary and screenshots. FHM India's site temporarily crashed. Malik denied posing nude, claimed the picture had been "morphed," and threatened legal action (the magazine has been accused of altering pictures in the past). FHM India retorted that it had a video of the photo shoot and an email from the actress to prove the image's authenticity.
A frenzied back-and-forth is taking place among Twitter users in Pakistan and India as well. Some are debating whether the image was Photoshopped while others are dismissing the cover as yet another publicity stunt by Malik. The Express Tribune's Saba Imtiaz -- a frequent FP contributor -- suggests Malik be appointed ISI chief for her bold statement, but MTV India isn't so sure. "Veena Malik would make a terrible ISI agent considering how much she reveals," the channel quips. Still others are tired of all the talk. "A heartbeat away from 2012 and the image of a naked woman disturbs more Pakistanis than images of dismembered limbs and headless corpses," Pakistani journalist Faiza Khan complains.
Beyond the cover's authenticity, there's another lingering question. Why the tattoo of Pakistan's spy agency? Kabeer Sharma, FHM India's editor, tells the BBC that he came up with the idea for the tattoo as a joke. "In India we joke about this," he explained. "If anything goes wrong ... we say the ISI must be behind this." Malik doesn't appear to have much of a track record of criticizing the ISI, but she has challenged Pakistani power centers before, making headlines in January by publicly dressing down a Muslim cleric after he chastised her for cuddling with men and wearing inappropriate clothing on the Indian reality show Bigg Boss.
Click below the jump for the full cover, which bizarrely promotes another story on why naked protests are nothing more than amateur porn:
FHM India
That's hysterical.
Walt
Yeah, that's really crazy.
I'm sad, Pakistan used to be a great country, i went there in 1983 and it wasnt like that. Seems like there is a eure problem there...
Its quite ironic that, well hundreds of years ago, there were images of naked women all over South Asia, and still are in Kajuraho. Muslim khans and nawabs kept their harams and had nautch girls performing, often semi clothed or naked, every night. Celebration of the naked female, and male, form is as old as civilization in South Asia. Nude figurines have been found in the archeological sites of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa in Pakistan. And the religious hypocrites get worked up by this brave woman flaunting Pakistan's domination by the ISI - bravo to her.
You cannot compare the societies and cultures of Mohenjo Daro and Harappa with present day Pakistan. It would even be unfair to compare Mughal culture with the conservative and radical culture present today in Pakistan. South Asia was dominated by Sufism and Sufi philosophy of a liberal Islam which had deeper philosophical meaning. But with the spread of Salafism and the misguided ideals of "purity" and honor becoming more entrenched than ever before, it is no wonder that we see this kind of reaction from Pakistani society.
You will be surprised to hear how many Pakistani Mullahs are dreaming and salivating of adding Veena into their harems!
she is SHAMEFULLY sexy. could'nt stoop any lower. Kill her let God sort her out.....
is clearly 'shopped.
She's still hot though.
No doubt about that. I mean, the shopping and the hotness.
Wow! impressive photoshopdriving job there! Well done.
Clearly this is a plot by the RAW, Mossad, CIA, Joos, Hindoos
and Indian authors on FP to show Pakistan in poor light !!
Yep, NATO is definitely to blame.
No true Muslim would do this!!!
Hoping the Paki mullahs don't attempt to get on the cover of magazines to compete with her !!! :-)
The intelligence agencies for the world couldn't find any other way to attack the Mulsims excep0t by putting a naked women on the cover of a magazine. So they ignore the honor killings, stonings, second class status of females, jihad bombings that kill thousands of innocent men, women and children.. I can definately see why they would stoop to the naked picture.. What a morooon !! (Bugs Bunny)
Why dont you do something about millions of fetuses aborted in India because they are girls.
now who is talking about religion. at least in pakistan they are 2nd class citizens, where as they have no right to exist in india.
the link you posted is fact but look at the figures 1200 all over pakistan. though its still a crime. but find out how many millions are killed india, the paradise for females. look at this report from unicef.
http://www.unicef.org/india/media_3285.htm
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I think she should come to the US and exploit her talents here.
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God made that. Why should any man object?
FHM India really need to fix their Kerning
The thing that strikes me most is how terrible that front cover looks. Apart from Veena of course
If it is not shameful why she is denying,men are using women as sex object and women think they are free . Ladies think you are not a sex object only take back your pride your body is precious and work of art do not sell cheap.
Veena held herself in the lowest esteem. It isn't creativity not art either. Veena's father and her sisters disowned her for her vulgar act . Veena must be deprived of her citizenship of Pakistan.
i Agree in right now there is just so much self-righteousness and hypocrisy in Pakistan its sickening. Thanks for Sharing
Nude is part of this world...!
In Europe and US it was 50 years not much better…, I remember my self when the fist PlayBoy or BeverlyHillsNuts magazine was sold in the Newspaper Store…at that time!
At that time coffee was served as Your Daily Appetizer, now different…!
Nude Ladies is part of this world and also countries as Pakistan will get there part willing our not…!
Here in the west in the years 1980, we all hear about “Nudists Beaches” and after 10 year later about “Topless Beaches” that was in the years 1980… and look on today…they run nearly topless in all public places…!
Erotic is so old as this world…don’t forget
Why the Pakistani leaders don’t conceder what is happing in the past in the west….!
Erotic have always exist how ever intense the repression was in some countries…, just look to the history in the west and also in Arab countries…sex was always there, not only Euro and US sex but also Arabsex and PakistanSex…!
Time is changing the habit of all people…
Time is changing the habit of all people…
Time is changing the habit of all people…
For young people is meaby difficult to understand, but for people from 50 year and older it is much easier to understand because they can looking back and make for whatever subject their own comparison…!
When I read the comments on this article I see that only some locals have problems with this cover girl Veena…!
I think that the most western readers have no problem with this picture on the cover of this magazine. When we look to some advertisement campaigns in Europe what cover nearly all magazines seeking for Russian Singles , Russian Mail Order Brides our Hot Russian Brides , all reader of this magazine read it on nobody makes problems about halve naked our even naked women on cover and inside!
That all of this Pakistani people who are on today against such publication be aware in then a twenty year from now they will have much more items
to complain when they not change their altitude…!
What is wrong to be a Cover Girl…
I’m over 60 years old and from Europe. I was 23 years old when I have see the first live porno actions with Sexy Nude Girls and that was in my vacation in Denmark, where porno was allowed by law.
When I was looking around on the Sex Shops there I see only tourist around and in this Sex Shops…! When I was looking out site on the display of these Sex Shop many things where there that we have not the habit to see in my country Belgium, but on the street in Denmark all of the young people I guest from 6 till 18 years where playing in the street but none of then where even attracted or interested for looking on the Sex Shop display and the street side.
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