Published 07:30 IST, September 28th 2019

‘Women can take off clothes, not put on?’: Imran Khan’s sexism at UNGA

Imran Khan, in his address at the 74th UNGA, made a sexist remark against women. He said, "a woman can take off clothes but she can't put on more clothes"

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In his dress at United Nations General Assembly, Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan me a sexist remark against women. Speaking about Islamophobia's growth at an alarming rate in U.S following 9/11 attacks, he said, "Islamophobia is creating divisions, hijab is becoming a weapon; a woman can take off clos but she can't put on more clos. It started after 9/11 and it started because certain western leers equated Islam with terrorism."

At 74th UN General Assembly, along with this remark, Imran Khan in a 45-minute lengthy speech, extensively complained about India, mitted to Pakistan's backing for Mujahideen, country's shaky ecomy and he retaliated to US President Donald Trump's 'rical Islamic terror' remark. 

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MEA slams Khan's UNGA speech

Slamming Pakistan PM Imran Khan's speech at 74th United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), MEA spokesperson Raveesh Kumar, on Friday, tweeted a map of Pakistan listing number of times Khan mentioned certain terms in his speech. MEA compared PM Modi's many engments in US progressing India's development to Imran Khan's Islam-terror centric speech. MEA stated that Pakistan does t feel re is life beyond jingoism of nuclear war, jih, encouraging terrorism, warmongering, falsehood, deceit. MEA also condemned Khan's misuse of a global platform.

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