Mosque Music Video Shoot Lands Pakistani Actress, Singer in Trouble With Clerics

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Mosque Music Video Shoot Lands Pakistani Actress, Singer in Trouble With Clerics

Pakistan actress Saba Qamar and singer Bilal Saeed are facing the country's formidable blasphemy laws and heat from Islamic clerics for shooting a music video ...

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