Pakistan: PTI, JUI-F unfairly unite opposing ‘Aurat March’ – Times of India

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and the opposition Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F), who are always at loggerheads, have come together to protest the Aurat March in Pakistan. Media told.
However, this rare display of unity reveals the deep-seated malice and patriarchy in the country.
According to the Dawn newspaper report, ahead of the Aurat March, which coincides with International Women’s Day, the federal minister of religious affairs and a prominent JUI-F light has termed it ‘un-Islamic’.
The two arch rivals also cite ‘our culture, tradition’ to justify their opposition.
JUI-F Islamabad wing chief Abdul Majeed Hazarvi had earlier warned, “If any attempt is made to obscenity in Islamabad on March 8, we will condemn it.”
His argument would have had weight if supported by logic, wisdom or simple common sense, but his driver seemed to be preconceived, archaic assumptions about a woman’s place in society and an outright misconception, according to a Pakistani newspaper report. Is.
As Dawn reports, anyone questioning the legitimacy of the women’s rights movement does not need to do a thorough study of history or sociology, but rather look at some recent events to understand why the status quo is unacceptable, as it is. is clearly unjust.
The murder of Qandeel Baloch on social media, which challenged the honor of her brother who killed her, reflects the direction of verbal, physical and psychological abuse in most cases in Pakistan, i.e. from male to female.
In another gruesome incident showcasing the plight of women in Pakistan, two young women were abducted, raped and stripped before being paraded through their village as a man from their clan and a woman from their tormented tribe, parted ways. went and got married of her choice. According to the local newspaper.
Aurat March, which was first organized in the city of Karachi in 2018, is now organized every year on March 8 to celebrate International Women’s Day. This march throws light on the issues faced by women in Pakistan.