Khalil Ur Rahman Qamar admits feminists were right all along

Khalil Ur Rahman Qamar, controversial playwright, has finally admitted that it seems as if Pakistani feminists were right all along when it comes to women’s rights not being respected in Pakistan.

Khalil Ur Rahman continues to make headlines every now and then for his frequent outbursts against rights activists and remains in the spotlight due to his controversial views on Pakistan’s feminist movement and Aurat March.

Khalil Ur Rahman Qamar has always voiced his opposition to women activists and blamed them for spreading immorality in Pakistan.  However, the recent incident near Minar-e-Pakistan has changed Qamar’s perspective, it seems.

Recently, during an episode on Bol TV, Qamar admits that feminists are right when they say that women are not safe in Pakistan and are denied their basic rights.

He said, “Mujhe maan lena chahiye keh hamare han aurat ki hurmat, izzat, abroo mehfooz nahi hai” (I should accept that a woman’s honor and dignity are not safe in our part of the globe), responding to women’s accusations that Pakistan is unsafe for them.

Expressing his views on the incident, Qamar says, “I do not know who to blame. I am trying to understand the mental level and state of mind of the 400 people present there,” he said.

Mansha Pasha speaks out against Khalil ur Rahman Qamar

Pakistani actress Mansha Pasha on Friday lashed out at people who were criticising women for speaking out against the Lahore harassment incident, saying that they were not really concerned about Pakistan’s image.

An online furore was caused a couple of days earlier when a female TikToker was harassed by hundreds of men at the Minar-e-Pakistan in Lahore. The woman, who as per news reports, was recording videos for her TikTok account, was groped, tossed into the air and stripped off her clothes by hundred of men.

While the incident was largely condemned by the entire nation, there were many, unfotuntaely, who lashed out at the women and blamed her for being harassed.

“If they had truly cared about Pakistan’s image, they would have helped the woman instead of making videos of her getting groped and harrassed,” tweeted Mansha Pasha.

“Instead they exhibit their most base and voyeuristic instincts only to cry foul later,” she added.

The Punjab government sprang into action Friday, suspending five police officers for neglecting their duties as the woman got groped and harassed.

Chief Minister Usman Buzdar presided over a meeting Friday to review the progress made in the investigation so far. Punjab IG Inam Ghani presented a report, in which the role of police officials was also discussed.