Pakistani cleric blames women for Covid in Imran Khan's presence; PM doesn't bat an eyelid

A prominent Pakistani cleric has passed an inflammatory remark against women in presence of Prime Minister Imran Khan on live television, claiming that COVID-19 has been unleashed on humanity because of 'wrongdoing of women.' According to news ncy ANI, incident took place during Ehsaas Telethon fundraising event on Thursday.

Imran Khan did t stop him

Prime Minister Imran Khan was present when Maulana Tariq Jameel me se remarks. Khan did t stop him or question him for making such statements. Jameel also condemned media for disseminating lies but later apologised for that remarks. such apology was me for his offensive remarks on women.

Human Right Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) has chided maulana for "inexplicably" correlating women's 'modesty' to COVID-19 pandemic. "HRCP is appalled at Maulana Tariq Jamil's recent statement inexplicably correlating women's 'modesty' to Covid19 pandemic. Such blatant objectification is unacceptable and, when aired on public television, only compounds misogyny entrenched in society," body tweeted.

Meanwhile, Pakistan's rewned newspaper Dawn, in its editorial titled 'Blaming Women' wrote that statements like this are troubling, ding that y are also aired, unchallenged, from a very high-profile platform. Dawn said that it is a "shame" that maulana was t corrected when he me se offensive comments.

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reality is that women in Pakistan, and elsewhere, face systemic discrimination and violence. During this pandemic, domestic abuse cases have soared as women are forced to stay home for extended periods with ir tormentors, ted Dawn.

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(With ANI inputs)