Pakistani singer Atif Aslam is getting international attention after he brought a woman on stage in the middle of a concert to get her away from being manhandled by a group of men.
Aslam, a popular local singer and actor, was performing in Karachi Saturday when the incident took place, according to local media. The venue was reportedly overcrowded and many people were pushing and shoving to get closer to the stage.
Video posted online shows Alsam telling musicians on the stage to stop playing when he spotted a woman being manhandled.
“He bent down to talk to one of the boys in the front row, he still had the mic in his hand and we could all hear him,” concert attendee Dua Rashid told Images News.
“He asked the boy something along the lines of, ‘Have you never seen a girl before?’ or ‘Do you have women at home?’ and then ordered security to come on stage.”
Security guards then escorted the woman onto the stage.
He also told the perpetrators to “act like a human being,” News18 in Pakistan reported.
The singer is receiving lots of positive attention for his apparent rescue of the woman. The audience cheered enthusiastically after the incident, chanting his name for a short while before he resumed the song.
“This man deserves every bit of respect he has today,” one fan wrote on Twitter.
Pakistani folk singer Humaira Arshad also paid tribute to him, telling the Express Tribune: “The problems our women face in public places are legit and it’s commendable that Atif did what he did.”
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