Published on: Thursday, April 08, 2021
By: AFP
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan rights campaigners have accused Prime Minister Imran Khan (pic) 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”.
“The incidents of rape of women. (have) actually very rapidly increased in society,” he said.
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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.
A file photo of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan. | Reuters
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has drawn intense criticism after he blamed a rise in sexual assault cases on how women dress, AFP reported.
On Tuesday, during a live television interview, Khan had advised women to cover up to prevent temptation. He claimed that an increase in rape cases was among “consequences in any society where vulgarity is on the rise”.
The Pakistani leader was responding to a question about the steps taken by his government to prevent rape and sexual assault cases. After denouncing crimes against women and children, he said that sexual violence was a result of “increasing obscenity”, adding it was a product of Bollywood, Hollywood and the West, reported the BBC.
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Reham Khan, ex wife of Imran Khan, blasted his comments on rape today
She tweeted the less he speaks the better after the Pakistani PM suggested women should dress modestly to avoid being raped
Comes after Jemima Goldsmith, his first ex-wife, tweeted a passage from the Koran to contradict him, adding: The onus is on men
Khan s office attempted to defend him, saying his meaning was misconstrued
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