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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rights campaigners have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of baffling ignorance after the former playboy cricketer blamed how women dress for a rise in rape cases.
In a weekend interview on live television, Oxford-educated Khan said an increase in rapes indicated the consequences in any society where vulgarity is on the rise .
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He advised women to cover up to prevent temptation. This entire concept of purdah is to avoid temptation, not everyone has the willpower to avoid it, he said, using a term that can refer to modest dress or the segregation of the sexes.
Pakistan s prime minister under fire for linking rise in rape cases to how women dress
April 7, 2021 / 7:43 AM / CBS/AFP
Pakistan rights campaigners have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of baffling ignorance after the former cricketer linked how women dress for a rise in rape cases. In a weekend interview on live television, Oxford-educated Khan said an increase in rapes indicated the consequences in any society where vulgarity is on the rise.
In this March 16, 2020 file photo, Prime Minister Imran Khan speaks during an interview in Islamabad, Pakistan. B.K. Bangash / AP The incidents of rape of women. (have) actually very rapidly increased in society, he said.
Pakistani women activists and rights campaigners have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of “baffling ignorance” after the cricketer-turned-politician blamed how women dress for a rise in rape cases.
In a weekend interview on live television, Oxford-educated Khan said an increase in rapes indicated the “consequences in any society where vulgarity is on the rise”.
“The incidents of rape of women … [have] actually very rapidly increased in society,” he said.
He advised women to cover up to prevent temptation.
“This entire concept of purdah is to avoid temptation, not everyone has the willpower to avoid it,” he said, using a term that can refer to modest dress or the segregation of the sexes.