'Consent was there': Khalil Ur Rehman Qamar drops bombshell on Momina-Saqib scandal

Khalil Ur Rehman Qamar has now fully inserted himself into the spiralling Momina Iqbal and Saqib Chadhar controversy — and his comments are sending social media into another meltdown.

Appearing on Rehan Tariq’s podcast, Khalil used the scandal to launch a wider attack on what he described as the growing “acceptance” of live-in relationships and extramarital affairs in Pakistani society.

“The biggest thing we have missed in this whole scenario is that we have been taught the acceptance of live-in relationships,” he said. “Nobody is thinking about the damage that is being silently done to our society. If this is becoming a norm and is being accepted, then just remove the word ‘Islamic’ from the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”

The writer argued that society was actively normalising behaviour that, according to him, threatens the institution of marriage itself. “There are now so many justifications for live-in relationships. Don’t do that. Please don’t make it normal and popular, for God’s sake,” he said.

“None of our religious scholars have condemned it. The main objective of it was to destroy the institution of marriage.”

But Khalil did not stop there. Turning directly toward the financial angle of the controversy, he made another explosive remark that instantly began circulating online. “Where do these men get so much money from? It’s easy money for girls too. They won’t change because it’s all about money — illegal money.”

He then added: “If it was a relationship, then a relationship has sentiments attached to it. If it was a business, then they should bargain.”

The writer also criticised the public spectacle surrounding the controversy, saying both parties should feel ashamed for letting the matter spiral online. “Mr. Chadhar should be ashamed too. Both are equally corrupt in this case,” he stated.

“If it was a relationship, end it with dignity, and if it was an investment, then sort it out privately. Decide it yourselves. These are childish things to discuss publicly.”

He also insisted that “The consent was there, and the consideration was very much there on both sides.”

Khalil later broadened the conversation into a debate about accountability in affairs and relationships. “We are being misguided and misled. Both are equally to be blamed. It’s simple to understand. When an extramarital affair happens, it involves both a man and a woman. Women do not enter into an extramarital affair alone.”

The comments immediately split the internet. Some social media users praised Khalil for “speaking uncomfortable truths,” while others accused him of moral policing, misogyny and reducing a harassment allegation into a lecture about relationships and women.

The controversy itself continues escalating by the day.

Earlier this week, Momina publicly accused a PML-N-linked political figure of harassment, cyberbullying and intimidation before later posting a fiery Instagram statement promising to fight the matter “till the very end.”

The actress also delivered the now-viral line many interpreted as a direct jab at Chadhar’s past legal troubles: “I have built my respect through years of hard work, not by repeatedly selling the kidneys of poor people.”

That remark revived online discussion around old allegations tied to Chadhar, who was arrested by the FIA in 2017 over an alleged illegal kidney transplant racket case. Meanwhile, Momina’s sister Rimsha Iqbal has claimed the actress allegedly did not know Saqib Chadhar was married when the relationship began, adding another layer to the already chaotic scandal.

With politicians, legal agencies, celebrity commentators and now Khalil Ur Rehman Qamar weighing in, the Momina-Saqib saga has transformed from celebrity gossip into one of the internet’s biggest culture-war flashpoints.