{"id":5490,"date":"2026-09-01T04:07:28","date_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:07:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5490"},"modified":"2026-09-01T04:07:28","modified_gmt":"2026-09-01T04:07:28","slug":"hamza-ali-abbasi-calls-out-stigma-around-widowed-divorced-women-remarrying","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistantimesusa.net\/?p=5490","title":{"rendered":"Hamza Ali Abbasi calls out stigma around widowed, divorced women remarrying"},"content":{"rendered":"

Actor Hamza Ali Abbasi has shared two \u201cbig discoveries\u201d from consultations behind his matchmaking platform\u00a0Marriage4Life<\/em>, drawing attention to long-standing stigmas around remarriage and women taking the initiative in marriage proposals in Pakistani society.<\/p>\n

In a\u00a0video shared on Instagram<\/a>, Abbasi said a significant number of people approaching the platform are divorced or widowed women with children whose families want them to consider remarriage.<\/p>\n

He stated that consultants had highlighted the negative attitudes some people hold towards women seeking to remarry, particularly those who have children.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhether someone wants to marry again or not is their own individual choice,\u201d Abbasi said. \u201cI just request that the women who do want to remarry, we should not view them in a negative light. Our religion has given these women this right; it is their moral right.\u201d He added that changing these attitudes could \u201cease a lot of lives\u201d.<\/p>\n

Abbasi\u2019s second observation concerned what he described as a social norm that needs \u201creconsidering\u201d: the expectation that the groom\u2019s family should always initiate a marriage proposal, while a proposal from the bride\u2019s family is often viewed as inappropriate or unconventional.<\/p>\n