Top Story April 6, 2021 ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister Imran Khan should not link women’s rape with their way of dressing, as it would be victim blaming directly, senior anchorperson Shahzeb Khanzada said on Monday. In his analysis in Geo News programme ‘Aj Shahzeb Khanzada Kay Sath’, he told the viewers that the premier replied people’s questions in a live transmission on Sunday and also touched upon sensitive matter of child sexual abuse and women rape cases. Surprisingly, the premier linked women’s rape with their way of wearing clothes and observing hijab or pardah. Shahzeb said, adding that that if the premier wants to discuss women’s pardah observance, it is his right and he might present his views on the topic before the people of Pakistan. But he could not give an impression that rapes are committed due to the way women carry themselves or wear dresses. Even he could not make a slight hint at it as if the rapists could not control themselves after seeing women in short dresses. If the PM says so, it would be the victim blaming directly, which is not only pitiful but also dangerous. Rape or sexual abuse is not directly linked to women’s dresses or observance of hijab, but to the show of power. This is not a matter of lust but of overpowering the other person. That’s why, the armies conquering any cities or regions used to commit mass rapes of women to show them their might.