May 30, 2021
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Bar Council (PBC) Vice Chairman Khushdil Khan on Friday strongly condemned the threats against its Journalist Defence Committee.
In a statement, the PBC Chairman said he has been apprised of the threats sent to the legal team representing journalist Asad Ali Toor, condemning the “blatant attempts to intimidate and threaten those who work towards upholding the rule of law.”
“As member of the legal fraternity, I affirm that we will not tolerate these threats and intimidation tactics,” he added.
Islamabad-based journalist Asad Ali Toor was attacked in the federal capital late Tuesday
As per initial and unconfirmed reports, unidentified assailants broke into his house and physically assaulted the journalist.
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April 7, 2021
ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Bar Council (PBC), Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) and women rights forums Tuesday condemned the remarks made recently by Prime Minister Imran Khan on the causes of sexual violence and rape, terming them ‘factually incorrect, insensitive and dangerous’.
In a statement, the Human Right Commission of Pakistan said it was appalled by Prime Minister Imran Khan s remarks linking the incidence of rape to obscenity. This is an unacceptable behaviour on the part of a public leader, said the body in a statement. Not only does this betray a baffling ignorance of where, why and how rape occurs, it also lays the blame on rape survivors, who, as the government must know, can range from young children to victims of honour crimes.
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.