MUMBAI: Pakistani actress Veena Malik, who went missing for the last couple of days in the heat of a scandal, after her most controversial photo shoot for an Indian fashion magazine, actually silently arrived in Pakistan through Wagha border on Friday, ostensibly for renewal of her visa, Indian media reports said.

The reports said that matter of her return could not catch the public eye as she was clad in Burqa (veil) and her passport carry her real name Ms Zahida while she hit fame with her film name (pseudo name) Veena Malik. The office of immigration staff deputed at Wagha border was contacted but no responsible person was available to confirm the matter.

Though the authorities here were tightlipped on the matter, the sources aware of the development insisted that she arrived back for visa renewal to Lahore via Wagha border and his close buddy in India Ashmit Patel had accompanied her to Wagha border.

She walked into Pakistan from Indian side of Wagha border from where some of her friends picked her up and left for some unknown destination, the reports further said and added that most likely she would be staying with some of her friend in Lahore.

Veena went to India for the photo-shoot for a fashion magazine with 45 days visa, which was about to expire and a couple of days back she was asked by the Indian Immigrations Authorities to get the visa renewed or leave the country.

 

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Controversial model and actress Veena Malik has secretly arrived in Pakistan after going missing from her house in Mumbai two days ago, reported Zee News on Sunday.
The report says that Malik arrived in Lahore through Wagah border wearing a ‘burqa’. Indian actor Ashmit Patel, who is also Malik’s friend, had come to drop her.
Malik’s Manager Pratik Mehta told the media on Saturday that Malik had gone missing after a shoot for an Indian film on December 16 and all her cell phones were turned off. The director of the film also confirmed the news and said that Malik was troubled due to her photoshoot for FHM.
The Indian press has also claimed that Malik’s visa was due to expire on December 16 and she was advised to stay into hiding till its extension and has, therefore, gone missing. However, Malik’s Spokesperson Sohail Rashid had denied the claims and said that her visa was valid for a couple of months more.
Malik received vast criticism from the Pakistani community after being recently involved in a nude photoshoot for an Indian magazine FHM.
Earlier in an interview to BBC, Malik conceded to doing a ‘topless’ shoot, but not ‘nude’. She filed a suit against FHM India, claiming damages worth Rs100 million. FHM India has counter sued Malik for Rs250million over the controversial magazine cover that hit the stands in early December.