Court should take note of missing persons and not get involved in silly and trivial personal matters of others.

How shameful, I am talking about the court.

good decision

@raj: Oh dear, how can posting of controversial video on internet be considered as personal matter. How come it is not a crime ? And the court is hearing the case not on its own, but on a petition. Regardless of the merit of the case, the accused couple was bound to appear in court and present own views.

For God sake guys, leave her alone. I have actually started to feel bad for her now. Shame on you the so called justice system in Pakistan.

Lo and behold...Pakistan has sovled all of its problems..now we have all the time and resources to investigate what happens in general publics bedrooms..

With more than 3 millions cases pending (some with more than a decade), I sincerely think our courts have a lot of 'serious' work to do...

@True Pakistani: you pay for your play... there are no rewards no punishment it is all about the consequences.... unless she happens to be the political elite

@True Pakistani: did you watched that video? I'm sure you haven't seen it. PS: Ok I am not complaining why she made such videos. That's her personal thing but to upload on a public forums and later showing negligence/deliberate denial of court orders is something against the norms of a progressive societies. If she is innocent why don't she appear before the court?

@True Pakistani: You may wanna say that to the petitioners and not the courts. Let the judges make the decision!

@True Pakistani: It is habit of our nation to interfere in others life ignoring their own. Please we must mind our own business.

English Language will breathe a sigh of relief with Meera behind bars.

This is ridiculous. The Pakistani justice system has gone bonkers. She obviously did not want to video to get leaked. First she had to go through the embarassment and now this harrasment by some loser petitioner who has nothing better to do with his time.

the sense of priorities of our institutions continues to baffle me.

Courts, please pursue something worthwhile.

Knowing the Pakistani legislative, judicial, and executive systems, and knowing the wealth of the accused, there is a lot of reward to our government officers and petitioners in this one of the most asinine and frivulous lawsuits!!! Well Done !

Mey tujh ko baat ta hoon taqdeeri umam Kia hey, shamsher o sana awal,taws wo rabab akhir.... Our courts and judiciary has overcome the problems which has enveloped our dear and beloved country, and now in order to celebrate its success, the courts started addressing such issues....

May be Judge is hoping to get a piece of Mira's fame. Next, CJ will take suo moto. This is justice system of Pakistan.

Let us cut the crackle... tell me know what media this video clip is on.... now many people like me would like to explore... before the news i had no idea about this....

This is the kind of nonsense that puts a negative focus on our courts and judges. This judge should have dismissed this case outright in a preliminary hearing. Instead he wants to make a spectacle out of this non-issue. What a waste of a court room and its resources.

Wow.....How quickly our Justice system got activated. What about cases that are pending for 20+ years????

It is clearly seemed from the Video that the Video was not meant for release it was personal. But it leaked somehow. The same incidence happened here in India and the whole system tried to cover it up. I think there are very less issues left in Pakistan, thats why Judges are busy in personal matters.

Shame on our courts. There are millions of cases pending in these courts and poor and aggrieved suffering for decades. Like ex-CJ other judges have a liking for headlines.

@True Pakistani: I totally agree. Millions of cases are pending for decades and yet no one cares.

and we are living in Democracy !!

This nation has to understand that Internet has to be controlled, not by state imposed censorship through the tax-payer's hard earned money, but through personal choice. If the petitioners in question object to the said video after watching it, why did they watch it in the first place. No one forced them to watch that video, they clicked on the link/typed the address in the address bar, and then clicked that play button. That is how they watched it. Our Judicial system is overburdened and understaffed. They have much more important things to do rather than adjudicating on what happens in an individual's bedroom is legal or not.

That a court with thousands of old unresolved cases pending takes time to address trivial issues aimed at defamation and infringing on personal behavior - says a lot about the court, the oppressive system and the lack of vision.

Leave her alone and mind your own business. Pakistan has more important issues facing it. The courts should have better things to do too. And yes, I have seen the video.

".......The petitioner had claimed that the controversial video of the couple which was leaked out and posted on the internet had brought disrepute to the nation......." Looks like our judges do not have enough cases to attend to. They are wasting public money and precious time on frivolous cases.

This is ridiculous!

I wonder if our courts and judges would show the same zeal and resoluteness in cases pertaining to terrorists; that would lead to some peace in this violence ridden country.

The courts are doing the right thing. They must not let them get away scott free. I say we must employ and deploy all resources from ISI to CIA (police) to Interior ministry in resolving this issue. I am sure the judges are willing to volunteer to examine the video further. they must put in atleast 3 hours aday in disecting the case and mystery (which is more worrying than that useless Missing Malaysian Airline case). Also they need other videos to create a comparrison of why others do it and how and for what purpose.

"disrepute to the nation"? I guess no one has noticed what the mullahs are doing or how women are treated, Why is it the States business what private citizens do? The case should have been thrown out without a single hearing.

Fits well with our national moral. It

@True Pakistani: It can not be true to state that the district court went after a person without being moved by a petetion . Then again it sounds strange that the court will summon somebody without a case being registered. I my view a lot of pertinent detail is missing.

@haris: DEAR SIR, what makes you think that Pakistan is a progressive society ! With Islamic Ideology Court and a shed load of Mullahs sitting on it declaring that DNA is not sufficient proof of an individuals identity for rape. A progressive society ! Give us a break man.

Your Honor, you have a job to do (there are thousands of pending cases). You get paid for it. Its no longer funny. Makes me sad. I have seen the video there's nothing in it that threatens our national security or the value of the pakistani currency!

My recommendation to the court - please send the terrorists and rapists to the gallows pole rather than wasting time upon Meera's private life. May I ask you how many terrorists have been hanged to-date ?

Just shows up our justice for what it is........INEPT.

She is already a victim of personal video theft and posting, dont embarrass her anymore. What do you want her to say that its indeed her in the video and sorry someone stole it and uploaded on internet? Catch the person who uploaded it.

Zia ruling Pakistan from his grave!!

Let them do whatever they want. First save raped girls who are easily under attack nowadays. Our judicial system is a failure under mullah ideology councils.

What crime did she commit and what's her full name?

@Naveed Javed: I think you are mistaken. It is All-India Muslim League which is ruling Pakistan from it's grave. Zia went a few steps ahead and made the intentions public.

Why NOT also arrest warrant for Veena Malik for appearing NAKED in Indian magazines?

People who watched the video needs to be punished as well...

Looks like Pakistani judicial system dont know the concept of "setting priories". People are waiting for justice for years in murder and other serious cases, but Umer Akmal and Meera are the only most important cases for Pak judicial system to work on.

@Husain Jan: meray bhai....there are millions of "controversial videos" available on the internet and Pakistanis are watching those. Its your choice you want to watch it or not, but you should not be punishing people for making those videos, its their personal choice. Judiciary should be working on million of other serious cases (murders, robbery, theft, fraud, corruption) where people are waiting for justice for years.

The video could be fake. If they really want to do justice, they should go after the one who uploaded it. Narrow down the source, as much as possible, based on IP address & other signatures.

If this clip is "bayizzati" for the country, there are many other countries in the world who have much more bayizzati than us. No need to give her this kind of importance. There are so many others with worse stuff online. Honestly, media should also refrain from blowing up such cases.

"The petitioner had claimed that the controversial video of the couple which was leaked out and posted on the internet had brought disrepute to the nation." What a joke....it is the politicians the ones who are leading this country who are bringing disrepute to the nation!!!!

It sounds like the additional district and sessions judge has nothing better to do. He should be focusing on murderers, rapist, thieves, etc. Who cares what Meera does in her bedroom or posts on the youtube. If people feel that Meera's clips are obscene, then they should not watch them. Why do we make everybody else's business as our business? When are we all going to learn to live and let live.

The person who watched this video should also be reported. If you are a good muslims then what are you doing searching for porn on the internet.

We have far bigger issues facing Pakistan and the courts than Meera's video. I wish the courts would focus on more pressing issues regarding access to justice for general public.

Not sure if we as a nation are worried about Meera. I am pretty sure there are millions of far more important cases these courts can take up. If they just want to see Meera in chains, maybe ask her to release a video in them

How could she act so shamefully. Stage dancers like Nargis and Deedar etc. have worked so hard to bring honour and dignity to our homeland. All gone in one blow! Alas!

Court has so much spare time to deal with this trifle although it has brought shame and humilation to everyone not just the affectee as Meera. Leave her be, there are so many other shameful things which some of the actor carried along it keeps happening in their daily lives. Court should take notice of country's abrubt problems.

how Idle/free court is, there are million of porn videos of different people are available on different sites, then why only meera to be called..?? just leave this case and focus on cholistan issue along with other social problems rather to call call girl in court..

@haris: please stick to your own job.....whatever she has done it is her private matter....the question is who uploaded it?...no court can prove that she uploaded it..so end of story....these kangaroo courts are just wasting time and energy...such cases do not qualify for adjudication.... Courts have much bigger responsibility..and they are oblivious of it

@raj: The court is trying to have some entertainment time and also to attract Tabloid media

@Rahim J: exactly

In Pakistan we only get dates from the Courts not Judgement. So Meera has nothing to worry. Judges can be bought easily here.

wee need to keep one thing in mind that it is "a session court" so chill guys its not a suo moto taken by SC.. and The Court has asked her to appear and give her point of view..

Call it Good or Bad, its a crime as per the laws of Pakistan. It is better to condemn the law rather than court which are bound to act on a valid petition.

Meera should go to Federal Shariyet court and file a case against the person who filed this case against her. To my knowledge she and Naveed are married. Whatever they did in that video was privet. It could have been leaked by a snatched mobile phone or maybe altogether made out without their knowledge or was stolen . So many such videos are uploaded on net. If a neighbor barge into your privacy and look inside your house, You have a right to take his/her eyes out and make them blind. This is what Islamic jurisprudence say about violation of "Privacy" . If she is married to this guy I urge judge to through out this case and punish the person who filed this case. Fear Allah... exploiting somebody's privacy is too big a crime.

the petitioner, obviously has far too much time on his hands, as if prosecuting 2 consensual adults is going to stop others doing the same. Its absurd, which planet do these guys live on? I have seen it, and its nothing special. The internet is full of such videos, is this fool going to petition the whole world? are they going to block the internet? You may as well bury your head in the sand. Then we wonder why Pakistan has not developed as much as it should have, the focus is on the wrong matters. The courts should stop wasting valuable time, dismiss this case and do something fruitful with its time.

Meera and her husband broke no law. Someone stole their private video and posted it online, illegally. how traumatic that must have been for them! Meera and Captain Navaid had their privacy violated and are the victims here.

@Rahim J: darling, had this stayed IN the bedroom no one would have found out. it was on the internet. this was HARDCORE PORNOGRAPHY which is illegal and morally questionable in a society such as ours.

this is the forum of a liberal newspaper and so the bias of the comments posted is obviously, and rightfully liberal in the extreme. any moderate comment, such as mine would be axed by the moderator and would thus be an attempt in futility to pen. However in case it does make it to the forum here is a moderate take on this issue. With all due respect to my liberal fellow pakistanis of course. as a moderate, i would like to pose a question to all those who have bellowed curses to the judges for having allowed this case to be brought to trial. Are any of you respectable people actually familiar to any degree with the relevant clauses of the constitution of Pakistan and hence the legislature? Do you understand that the legislature of the country does NOT permit the producing and distribution of hardcore pornography? And in this respect, do you realize that the courts are OBLIGATED to bring this case to trial? Unless you want the courts to dismiss the legislature all together to satiate your liberal standing. if you find this case so displeasing and contravening your personal likes, would it not be more appropriate for you to follow suit of your western comrades and hit the issue at its grassroots level by protesting against the the constitution and legislature that brackets the activity under question with crime? yes, in that you will have to campaign against the opposing majority of moderates and fundamentalists but if, like them, you too really believe in what you are all saying here then you should be willing to fight for it in real life rather than punching in a few syllables against the judges in cyberspace.

"The petitioner had claimed that the controversial video of the couple which was leaked out and posted on the internet had brought disrepute to the nation" Who is this secret petitioner? and Pakistan's respect is tied to Meera's bedroom antics? Pick up any newspaper our beloved leaders do enough in the department of disrespect. Is she the first indecent Pakistani in history on the Internet? Hope this is Kardashian style self promotion stunt. Good for Meera if she can stay in public eye.

Really? disrepute to the nation? shooting little girls, governors and other innocent people doesnt bring disrepute to the nation?

@Naveed Javed: Why ruling from grave. Remember Nawaz Sharif had vowed at Zia's grave that he will continue his mission.

guys!!!! can any one help me .... i could not find the video... where is it

Is this a Sharia court? Even a court is after Pakistani women.

For God sake guys, leave her alone. I have actually started to feel bad for her now. Shame on you the so called justice system in Pakistan

@Tahir: Relax, its ok... its just one of 27 billion hard core porn videos on the Internet, including millions of other Pakistani ones.

Why not ban the subject social media and ensure continued piety thruout the country?