Bilal Shah

Some Lesser Known Facts About Bilal Shah

• Bilal Shah is a Pakistani businessman, who is the husband of Hareem Shah, one of the most popular social media influencers and TikTokers in Pakistan.

• He belongs to the Mansehra district in Pakistan.

• He owns many businesses in Pakistan and overseas.

• In an interview, he said that he is a follower of the Pakistani politician Bilawal Bhutto Zardari and considers him his leader. ^[2]YouTube – BOL Network

• He is a huge travel buff and often posts pictures of his trips to different countries on social media. He has been to many countries such as UAE, France, Japan, Malaysia, and Sri Lanka.

  

• On 26 August 2023, Bilal Shah was reportedly abducted in Karachi, Pakistan. On 3 September 2023, his wife, Hareem Shah, posted a video on ‘X’ (formerly known as Twitter), where she disclosed that her husband had been kidnapped in Pakistan a week before. She explained that one evening after dinner when he left his home in Karachi’s Qayyumabad Street No. 6, he was abducted by individuals who arrived in vehicles. In the video, she appealed to Pakistan’s intelligence agency (ISI) for assistance in finding her husband. In the video, she said,
  

  It has been seven days. Bilal and I were in London. He had to go back to Pakistan for some work. This was evening time when he stepped out after lunch and some cars and people in civil illegally abducted him and took him somewhere. There is no information about Bilal after that, he has been illegally and wrongfully held by some people. I request the ISI (Pakistan’s intelligence agency) to find out about this incident.” ^[3]The Free Press Journal ^[4]The Print

• According to the complaint filed by Bilal Shah’s mother, her son’s disappearance was triggered by a 25-second video clip that allegedly showed Pakistani Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, the leader of PML-N and former Prime Minister of Pakistan, walking with an unidentified woman. This video clip was shared on social media by Hareem Shah. Hareem Shah accused Maryam Nawaz, a member of the PML-N party and the daughter of former Prime Minister of Pakistan Nawaz Sharif, of ordering the abduction of her husband, Bilal, in Karachi. On 21 August 2023, Hareem Shah posted a video on ‘X’ (previously known as Twitter) featuring Shehbaz Sharif walking with a woman. She posted the video which was captioned,
  

  Shehbaz Sharif’s two-hour-long meeting with his new ‘girlfriend’ at a private hotel in London? First sat in the hotel lobby and drank tea for half an hour and then went to the room. Any shame?” ^[5]The Print

• On 5 September 2023, Bilal Shah was released and returned home after spending five days in detention by the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA). During his time in custody, he was questioned about the controversial social media posts made by Hareem Shah. In an interview, when he was asked about his detention experience, he said,
  

  I am back. I was treated with respect by the members of an investigation agency. They asked me questions about the Twitter account running in the name of Hareem, and I told them that I had no idea what this was all about. They checked my phone and everything and found that I had nothing to do with this account.” ^[6]Geo News

• He smokes hookah occasionally.

  

• He is often spotted consuming alcohol in public.