Pakistan, Sept. 24 -- Pakistani actor Saba Faisal has drawn criticism on social media following remarks about divorce during an appearance on talk show 'Gup Shab'.

Faisal, who has appeared in several popular television dramas, discussed how attitudes towards divorce have changed over the years and compared the way families responded to separations in the past with present-day attitudes.

During the conversation, Faisal said that divorce was once treated as a major family event, claiming that relatives would observe a prolonged period of grief after a marriage ended.

"Previously, when there was a divorce in a family, people used to mourn for three months. There used to be a proper period of grief; fathers could not even face the world," ...