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Islamabad, Apr 7 (efe-epa).- Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan is facing a barrage of criticism from human rights groups and feminists after suggesting that women who decline to wear a veil were contributing to an increase in sexual assault.
“Brooo what our PM @ImranKhanPTI said about women dressing can trigger men to rape, I really pray he apologize to women of Pakistan on national television,” prominent Pakistani blogger Husna Shaban wrote on Twitter.
During a live Q-and-A television interview with the public last weekend, Khan said that Pakistani women should dress modestly to remove “temptation” because “not everyone has willpower.”
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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, the Oxford-educated Mr 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.
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Pakistan s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been condemned for rationalising a surge in rape cases by how women dress.
Khan, 68, made the comments, widely labelled as victim-blaming , during a TV appearance over the weekend.
The politician and former cricket player encouraged women to cover up to prevent temptation for men who lacked will power.
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Pakistan s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been condemned for rationalising a surge in rape cases by how women dress. (Getty)
Khan claimed the rapid increase in sexual assault cases in society was a symptom of consequences in any society where vulgarity is on the rise.
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Activists have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan of “baffling ignorance” and victim-blaming after he said rape cases had risen because of “vulgarity.”
A rally marking International Women s Day in Islamabad, Pakistan, last month. Imran Khan’s government has faced immense pressure to speed up justice for rape survivors.Credit.Aamir Qureshi/Agence France-Presse Getty Images
April 8, 2021Updated 10:21 a.m. ET
ISLAMABAD, Pakistan An outcry has erupted in Pakistan after Prime Minister Imran Khan blamed a rise in rape cases on how women dressed, remarks that activists denounced as perpetuating a culture of victim blaming.