Torture of movie star, sister sparks outrage.

Byline: Asif Chaudhry

LAHORE -- Video clips showing torture carried out on an actress and her sister allegedly by the daughters of a property tycoon in the city has sparked outrage and calls for justice without discrimination.

A large number of people jumped into a heated discussion after the release on social media of a footage in which a couple of women accompanied by men apparently in security guards' uniform are seen to be storming a house and confronting actress Uzma Khan and her sister. A later video shows a woman who says she had gone to the house chasing her husband, Usman Malik and a woman he was allegedly having an affair with. This raiding woman is identified as a daughter of property tycoon Malik Riaz Hussain. She was said to be aided in this act of her by two sisters of hers.

In one of the earlier videos connected to the issue, Uzma Khan, who shot to fame with her movie Jawani Phir Nahi Ani, was seen in the short video clip terrified and pleading for mercy.

The other clips showed the attacking women abusing Uzma and her sister Huma, slapping and hurling life threats at them for having 'relations with Usman'. The pictures also showed shattered glass and damaged articles in the house.

On Wednesday, the actress filed an application with the Lahore police seeking action against the attacking women and the armed men. In her application filed with the Defence C police station, Uzma Khan nominated Malik Riaz's daughters Amina Usman Malik (the wife of Usman Malik), Pashmina Malik and Ambar Malik besides 15 armed men (private guards of these women) and sought criminal case against them.

Ms Uzma alleged that they stormed her residence in Phase IV of Defence Housing Authority (DHA) by breaking door at 10:30pm a day before Eid. She said she and her sister held them up in the lounge. Meanwhile, Amina Usman Malik attacked her sister and injured her with a broken bottle.

She said Pashmina, Ambar and their...