Islamabad:

Girls in Pakistan have lashed out on the nation’s Defence Minister Khawaja Asif for utilizing sexist and derogatory remarks in opposition to Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) ladies leaders and protested in a joint session of Parliament Daybreak reported. 

The protest was held on Tuesday after Defence Minister Asif made derogatory remarks on ladies leaders of PTI whereas referring to former Prime Minister Imran Khan throughout a response to criticism by parliamentarians.

Asif in his handle mentioned, “Wicked ladies shouldn’t lecture on chastity,” following which a girl was heard responding to him within the reside broadcast of the session, Daybreak reported. 

Asif whereas pointing in the direction of the benches the place PTI members have been seated, referred to as the ladies parliamentarians as “stays” and “ruins” of Imran Khan, the Pakistan each day reported. 

“That is the rubbish left behind” by the PTI chief, “which must be cleaned”, he added.

To this, PTI ladies parliamentarians stood up from their seats and requested Asif to take his phrases again. 

Nevertheless, the Defence Minister continued together with his handle and additional mentioned, “He (Imran) would not have the braveness to seem in courts in the present day … They usually defend him. How courageous and brave will an individual who’s defended by ladies?”

PTI member Zarqa Suharwardy Taimur reacted to Asif’s remark and mentioned, “I used to be fearful on the language being utilized by such senior political figures, I’ve by no means heard such phrases in my home.”

She mentioned it was “unhappy” that fellow Members of the Nationwide Meeting had used phrases reminiscent of “rubbish” and “barking”.

“We do not respect another person after we do not take into account our personal self to be respectable,” Taimur added.

The Nationwide Meeting speaker referred to as for order within the Home and the phrase ‘rubbish’ was expunged from Asif’s speech, in accordance with Daybreak. 

The PTI termed the remarks “completely shameful”, in accordance with Daybreak. Moreover, the celebration mentioned in an announcement that the defence minister’s remarks have been a transparent try to “depoliticise ladies”.

In keeping with Daybreak, Asif has repeatedly insulted ladies previously and this isn’t the primary time that he commented. 

In 2016, he was criticized for making offensive statements in opposition to then-PTI MNA Shireen Mazari throughout a Nationwide Meeting session. 

Additional, later in 2017, he additionally sparked an outcry after referring to Firdous Ashiq Awan, Former Federal Minister for Inhabitants Welfare of Pakistan, because the PTI’s “newly acquired dumper,” reported Daybreak.

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