Known by her stage name Meera, Syeda Irtiza Rubab is globally recognised for her work in Lollywood, starring in commercially successful films and excelling in modelling. Papers show the UK authorities refused entry to Meera over 10 years ago and subjected her to "restriction of movements" – which the family has blamed on confusion out of an English language interview where Meera couldn’t understand questions of the interviewing officer and vice versa.

Shafqat Zahra Bukhari, Meera’s mother, has made a heartfelt appeal to the UK High Commission in Pakistan to grant Meera a visa so she can travel to the UK to meet her family and work. Meera’s suffering doesn’t end at the original 10-year ban.

After the ban ended in the recent past, to her bad luck, Meera’s travel agent applied again for a visit visa for the star but entered false information into Meera’s application for entry to the UK as a visitor. Papers show that the application was refused due to “false representation” of facts. Meera confirmed to Geo News she will be applying again for the visa soon in a proper manner and she has hired a new lawyer who is working on her new application.