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Islamabad, April 7
Pakistani rights groups are criticising Prime Minister Imran Khan after he claimed in an online show that wearing the veil - the traditional Islamic head covering - will protect women from sexual assault and not lead men into temptation.
The Pakistani leader made the comments on Sunday in a live tele-chat dubbed “Prime Minister On Call With You” streamed by state-owned Pakistan Television in which he answers questions from the public.
A cricket star who had a reputation of a womaniser before he turned to politics and became devoutly religious, Khan said women who wear the veil would not tempt men into attacks - remarks that women’s rights activists say excuse rapists and put the blame on women. He also said vulgarity and obscenity combine to destroy societies and families.
ISLAMABAD: Outraged by his remark linking sexual violence to increasing obscenity in society, Pakistanis have flooded social media with memes of PM Imran Khan, many of them showing him in Western attire in the company of foreigners, and accompanied by comments like he is trying to convert half-clad British beauties to the benefits of purdah .
In response to a question in his latest telethon, Khan had said, History tells us that when ‘fahashi’ (obscenity) increases in society, sex crimes go up and the family system breaks down .
Pakistani journalist Reema Omer tore into him on Twitter. PM’s comments linking rape with obscenity are ignorant, dangerous and condemnable, she wrote. His propagation of this rape myth shows he has no understanding of the issue, and amounts to providing excuses for criminal acts of perpetrators while blaming the victims.
7 April 2021, 8:30 pm
Pakistan s Prime Minister Imran Khan looks on during a Trade and Investments conference in Colombo, Sri Lanka.
Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has been criticised after he said that wearing the traditional Islamic head covering will protect women from sexual assault and not lead men into temptation.
Mr Khan made the comments on Sunday in a live tele-chat dubbed “Prime Minister On Call With You” streamed by state-owned Pakistan Television in which he answers questions from the public.
A cricket star who had a reputation as a womaniser before he turned to politics and became devoutly religious, Mr Khan said women who wear the veil would not tempt men into attacks remarks that women’s rights activists said excuse rapists and put the blame on women.