However, a large chunk of Pakistani society – primarily those who do not blindly support Imran Khan and his party – spoke of their anger with Khan’s statement.įor example, Senator Sherry Rehman from the Pakistan Peoples’ Party tweeted on June 21: “Whether it’s our laws or even our religion, which is very clear that respect for women is the responsibility of the beholder, no man has the right to blame women or how they dress for violence, rape and crimes against women. They are simply men from the same society that everybody is born into and learns values from. After all, various studies have shown that rapists are not necessarily monsters.
This victim-blaming is identical to the statement made by Imran Khan. Interviewed in Tihar jail, Mukesh, who been awarded the death sentence for the rape and murder of the young woman, said ‘women are more responsible than men’ for sex crimes, especially if they go out alone at night and attract the attention of men. Imran Khan’s and Umar Sheikh’s statements are reminiscent of those made by Mukesh, one of the rapists in the brutal December 2012 Delhi rape case, in the BBC film India’s Daughter.
People carry signs against a gang rape that occurred along a highway and to condemn violence against women and girls, during a protest in Karachi, September 12, 2020. When a figure of authority – a person who is meant to be responsible for the security of the citizens of a city – blames the victim in such a heinous crime as rape, it says a lot about the safety of every person in the country. Sheikh said the woman should not have been travelling without a man, should have chosen to take more populated roads than the motorway and should have ensured there was enough fuel in the car to avoid a breakdown.
The same thing happened in April this year when the Lahore city police chief Umar Sheikh spoke to the media about a woman who had been raped by three men in front of her children after her car broke down on the intercity motorway. The Pakistan Prime Minister was also slated to hold talks with PM Boris Johnson.Lahore: Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan offended a large segment of the population of his country when, in an interview with Jonathan Swan of HBO that aired on June 20, he said that if women did not dress modestly, there was bound to be an impact on men unless they were robots.Īlthough he tried to explain that he was not talking about himself but of how the society in Pakistan reacts to the clothes that women wear, the fact remains that when the leader of a country equates sex crimes with the way a woman dresses, he puts all the responsibility of the crimes on her. This would have been Imran Khan's first visit to the UK as Pakistan prime minister.Įarlier, local media had reported that the UK and Pakistan were discussing former international cricketer Khan's UK travel in form of a cricket-friendly tour in July. On June 7, PM Johnson held a telephonic discussion with his Pakistani counterpart and invited him to visit the UK. India and UK last month had agreed on a transformational Comprehensive Strategic Partnership and adopted an ambitious roadmap to 2030 to steer cooperation for the next 10 years, with focus on trade and defense. This follows the Pakistan government's announcement that Khan's visit has been postponed "due to internal security, political and regional situation." However, The International News cited credible sources telling The News and Geo News that the Pakistan PM's trip has been postponed as Islamabad couldn't get a UK-Pakistan partnership "road map for 10 years" similar to the to the pact signed between the UK and India last month. Pakistan Prime Minister and former international cricketer Imran Khan's scheduled visit to the UK next month, has been postponed after Islamabad was not satisfied with the Boris Johnson government's offer for something more substantial than a cricket match and a ceremonial meeting, local media reported.
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