NEWS PAKISTAN EDITOR INSTEP> Amna Haider Isani exposed!! Fan of Farah Khan Ali and hugging Hrithik Roshan. Whose payroll are you on? October 14, 2009
The picture above shows AMNA HAIDER ISANI EDITOR INSTEP, FASHION SEGMENT OF NEWS. Operates under JANG GROUP and GEO. A fan of Farah Khan and hugging Hrithik Roshan. Our media is sick. This is part of a bribe to her for attacking me against Farah.
Shame on you News / GEO group for accepting this bribe.
You are a Pakistani publication. Your advertising and readership are from Pakistan. In short your dal roti is from the land of the pure. You are there to showcase Pakistani talent. You come across a story trashing a Pakistani national vs a Bharati, which is hinged on shakey evidence at best. What do you do?
Write a full page article trashing Pakistani’s and brown nosing a couple of Hindustani’s. Not unless you are bought, bribed and on an Indian payroll. Amna Haider Isani is a traitor and perhaps a RAW agent. I want to know who pays her salary. Some Bharati for sure. She is a threat to the very artists she is supposed to showcase. Who has paid her to attack Pakistani’s in favour of Indians. Is this what a publication promoting Pakistan should be doing?
Indians have shemelessly copied our, songs, tunes, lyrics and clothes. Even if you thought the worst of me, I cant think of one Indian publication who would do what you have done. No Indian has commited such treason. Shame on you News Instep and Mrs Isani. Why don’t you officially join an Hindustani paper?
Well even they would never hire a traitor like you.
The picture above shows AMNA HAIDER ISANI EDITOR INSTEP, FASHION SEGMENT OF NEWS. Operates under JANG GROUP and GEO. A fan of Farah Khan and hugging Hrithik Roshan. Our media is sick. This is part of a bribe to her for attacking me against Farah.
Shame on you News / GEO group for accepting this bribe.
Zahir Rahimtoola of Labels behind Style Stripped October 4, 2009
I landed in Pakistan at about midnight, and logged in to check my messages. Earlier than I had anticipated PakInsider on Twitter had named and revealed the faces behind the anonymous rogue website STYLE STRIPPED, which has been on my case since May 2009. I must admit that at this stage the names were hardly a surprise . The pieces of the puzzle have all fallen into place. The picture is crystal clear.
The names revealed are Zahir Rahimtoola of Labels and Sherezad Hashwani his wife, whom I assume believes, she is a competitor of mine. The entire saga has come full circle. The jealousy and personal vengeance with which I have been attacked is from people who feel my burgeoning business had directly affected them. I had been perplexed for months at who on earth could carry out such a targeted, nasty attack which felt more like a personal vendetta, but now it all makes perfect sense.
I checked e-mails to me, from Zahir Rahimtoola alias Aly Mason. They started with enquiries about jewelry pieces and request for images as well as price enquiries. I am going to post all these letters up for the world to see. These began on the 30th of May 2009 and Mr Rahimtoola and his accomplice obviously followed my Facebook page and updates diligently. My successful work was hurting their jewelry business and they were following my movements like hawks. On Facebook they are both friends with Ms Farah Khan Ali. However I do not know any thing about their friendship. I do not believe that she knew they were the faces behind SS. In their web of undercover operations Farah may have been a casualty just like myself. I cannot comment on this bit of the equation. I simply have no idea.
Pakinsider has merely completed the formalities of revealing the identity of these two. I am not so gullible that I have taken just his Tweets as gospel. I have done my homework and also have personal intelligence that confirms whatever PakInsider has revealed. I have verified through multiple agencies that these two are my culprits. It is a nasty, sick tale of business insecurity.
By the grace of God, my work speaks for itself and in a short space of time I have earned a good name, reputation of professionalism and every success. These two felt directly threatened and then lay out this ridiculous plan to try and bring me down. I would like to add here, that success is never an accident. It is in fact a culmination of hard work, dedication and sacrifice.
Mr Z Rahimtoola and his wife have been personally helped by my family when they were in dire straits. We helped them when nobody else was willing to take on their problems. They could not take thwack me publicly so they chose this undercover mode of anonymous attack. They hacked my facebook page with planted on it sketches of jewelry from Farah Ali Khan’s website. They then contacted her and instigated her against me. They have sent me nasty and abusive messages after that. All of which I am going to post on my blog. It is sickening the way they have behaved, and the lengths they have gone to attack me, my family and my work.
For those who feel I may look to take revenge on this sad couple, you are wrong. No revenge I take on them can be more potent than the harm they have done to themselves. They have struck at their friends and relations through this nasty web site. For one, Sherry Rahman was always a fan of Sherezad. They plastered Sherry’s pictures across their demented website. Tearing her apart, and abusing her make up. Shameful behavior. They have dug a grave so deep for themselves, that just to have to lie in it, is sad enough. What sort of people strike their own friends, their clients and their supporters? They have also sold out their own country. They have abused a Pakistani and sold her out with a hate campaign and a pack of lies to an Indian designer. Mr Rahimtoola showcases many local designers at his shop in Karachi LABELS. He obviously has little regard for their work as Pakistani’s. The duo are too cowardly to say what they think and so use this undercover method of attack against the very people who have been there for them.
They must be eaten up by their inferiority complexes already. I have just pity for them. The story has come full circle. Although horrifically appalled, I am now the wiser for it. I have paid the highest price for my success, but this is life. I also reap the rewards, and nobody can take that away from me. I am glad the curtain has been lifted for the world to see.
Added Note: Style stripped has closed since the exposure
Farah Khan Ali Chapter Closed September 19, 2009
I have mutually closed the Farah khan Ali chapter. No more comments please.
Farah Ali Khan’s letter to me and my response. September 7, 2009
Dear Farah,
God has been kind to me and my business flourishes. Thank you for your concern.
I am not accountable to you in the way I choose to lead my life so please refrain from calling up my universities and colleges trying to sniff out dirt on me. My store has all my certifications up for the public to view.
Also stick to the topic of why you are on a rampage against me which are your baseless accusations. Do me a favour love. Instead of swearing on all holy about this and that why dont you swear on your religion that you have seen a replica of, or a photograph of a replica, of any one of your designs. That is all I want you to do. Case closed
Don’t be surprised at my blog or tweets. Someone has to tell my side of the story. You have behaved badly and had no consideration for me, my business or my family. IT is YOU who took out 2 full page abusive ads against me in the Pakistani newspaper NEWS which is politcally opposed to my family and so egged you on.
When I gave a small statement begging you to respect by privacy and leave me alone, You plastered my face across TIMES OF INDIA and wrote a one sided poisonous article, where you were the judge and the jury. At this point it was important to say my piece. I have never phoned or contacted you. Only you have done that.
You have attacked me for three months, I kept silent only begging you to back off me. I do not understand your end game or what you want. When you called me I was polite and civilized to you. Without telling me you abused me in two full page paid press articles. How can you expect that I will not respond? And yes, I did dial your number a couple of times to find out why GEO was calling me in the middle of the night because of your vicious and very damaging statements. I never spoke to you at that time. Now I know you had ranted to them about me.
The evidence you have is at best flimsy, so much so that the Times of India refused to even publish it. The websites you have photos of are anonymous websites where the operator is not known to anyone. Is it not strange that someone put up a sketch on a website with a lifted signature and rang you up and then removed the sketch?
I explained to you that I come from a political family and these things are the norm for us. I told you to calm down, not to over react. This was never about you, but you are so publicity hungry that you were blind to everything I said. You have bad mouthed me across the subcontinent, plastered my face across newspapers, abused my work, my morals, my character, and then you appear surprised that I have finally reacted. I have stooped to your level because you do not seem to understand any other language.
The gloves are off Farah. I need an apology from you in India and Pakistan. You have pushed me to a breaking point and to the point where I have little to lose as far as you are concerned. Now you have everything to lose.
Sara Taseer Shoaib
Dear Sara,
I’m glad you finally got some clients to see your stuff after all the infamous publicity you are getting. I’m glad I could be of some help to you, to market your jewellery. I even have a letter form GIA that states that you only completed a Diamonds Graduate Diploma course on 28th April 2006. If you can lie so openly about your own qualifications of being a trained gemologist from GIA (the Gemological Institute of America) what more can I say of you concocting lies about me and going all out to Facebook, Twitter and even U tube to try and disrepute me. You obviously have a lot of time in your hands and maybe you should try designing instead.
I have your e mails to me and every possible evidence you can imagine before I made a plagiarisation claim against you because I took screen shots of the sites.
I do not need to prove my faith to you as I do not lie and am amazed how blatantly and viciously you do so in the holy month of Ramadan. You can deceive the world but not the Almighty for one day you will have him to answer to.
I am grateful to the Pakistani people who stood by me and still do so because I never can or will stoop to your level and whatever you do and however much you may attack me personally it really makes no difference to me for when you speak the truth you fear none.
Peace be upon you and may God forgive you your lies.
Where is the copied design? Sara Taseer Shoaib asks the hysterical Farah Khan Ali. TIMES OF INDIA used by Farah to plant a one sided story. September 4, 2009
There are no answers to this.
Farah Khan Ali having faced the brunt of the recession in India, is attempting to seek new markets. A failing business and falling sales created a desperation which knew no bounds. When somebody played a prank on Sara, the near desperate Mrs Farah Ali Khan was quick on the uptake. She seized the opportunity to try and reinvent herself as the wronged party. Farah in this attempt has given numerous interviews to the press against me. These are baseless, and the main thing missing is proof. Farah is on record ( NEWS DAILY PAKISTAN) begging Pakistani’s to believe her. She is swearing on the month of Ramazan. Some evidence would suffice, hold the pleading! Shameful dramatics in my view.
Lauding over the fame of her brother in law (Hrithik Roshan) Farah has charted out a plan which seeks to paint her out as a victim. Soaking in the fame and glory of her brother-in-law is not alien to Farah. A prime example was at the IIFA awards 2009 Macao when a much pained Hrithik stated that although he never wore jewelry, but for his sister in law he would. What a load of arm twisting. Poor Hrithik baba, I would be scared of Farah too! By God, I know she has balls of steel. Then she stood like a little orphan between Suzanne and Hrithik and this photograph was printed in Vogue of India. Funny thing is that they even “forgot” to tag her name in that issue. How sad is that?
This drama has given her a much sought after boost in the news wires of India. Finally Farah is being discussed. In her article raving against me she has plastered a semi nude “sex kitten” type photo of herself. Hardly the forum for this, but is very telling of her intention to promote herself, while taking a sharp swipe at me.
Farah has used her connections to take out a one sided rant against Sara in the Times of India. I am no fool and Farah having put my photograph in the front of the paper is a show of her muscle in the Mumbai media. This paper should maintain it’s reputation and provide a balanced arguement, even if the khan “khandaan” is putting pressure on them. I have approached them many times to print my side of the story, as I have e-mails from Farah begging me, to promote her in the Pakistani press. I have e-mailed the editor and am awaiting a reply.
The Times of India can contact me on sarataseershoaib@gmail.com if they are interested in presenting a story which is well researched and fair. Hope to hear from them soon unless they are weighed under by the steel!!
Farah Khan Ali, (mumbai jeweller) is still on a rampage. Still Stalking SARA TASEER SHOAIB September 4, 2009
Farah has called up institutions that I attended (the London School of Economics and GIA). They contacted me and said she was trying to get my credentials, and told me they have refused to accomodate her. Yesterday in the Times of India (a one sided rant by Farah ) she admitted to stalking me and calling up GIA to ask about me. Farah is a woman scorned, and so it appears that hell hath no fury like hers.
“The News”, a Pakistani daily, has had enough of her rants and has told her the issue is closed. She now trying to malign me in India.
Another clarification. Farah has repeatedly stated that I told her I was from a powerful political family. This is a lie. When Farah called ME up, she was in a hysterical state. I know now this is quite a normal state for her to be in.
I would of course never talk in this way, most of my friends overseas have no idea about my family in Pakistan. I have always chartered my own course. I was in fact trying to calm her down and explained to her that as my family has a prominent political profile, it may explain why someone could have played this prank. In her insecurity, Farah somehow translated this into a threat!! I am alarmed how she could have concluded this while I was speaking in a friendly tone to her. I can only fathom that she must be of a feeble intellect or be in a constant mode of defense.
Another reason could be her lack of understanding of English. Her Hindi is of a basic kitchen level. English she has not grasped. I am at a loss of what language to speak to her in. Some form of street mumbai slang perhaps?
