Wednesday, March 2 2005 16:49 Hrs (IST) - World Time -

Mumbai: Leading Pakistani actress, Meera, who has featured in the Indo-Pakistan production 'Nazar', today (March 2, 2005) said that she had received fresh threat calls and demanded police protection when she returned back to Pakistan.

"I need protection. I cannot go back without police protection. I want the Pakistani Government and President Pervez Musharraf to assure me of protection when I return back home, following the renewed threat calls," she told sources in Mumbai.

The actress has earlier also received threat calls for her reported kissing scenes in the film.

"I do not know who is behind all these calls. But the calls refer to the film Nazar and always demand to know why I behaved in such a manner and performed a 'vulgar' scene in the film Nazar," Meera said.

The actress was caught in a controversy following Pakistani media reports that she had been fined by the Government for a kissing scene in the film.

The reports, however, was later denied by Pakistani officials.

"Though the calls do not spell out what they would do if I return back, they (calls) are all intimidating. The callers also clearly tell me that I should not return to Pakistan and that I was better off staying in India and working here. They also claim that I am better suited to work in India and should not try to return home", she said while expressing strong suspicion that the calls could be a fall out of professional jealousy.