World Desk, AnyTV, Islamabad.
Published by: Megha Chowdhary
Updated Tue, 22 Feb 2022 12:53 PM IST
Summary
Every year on International Women’s Day on March 8, ‘Aurat March’ is taken out on behalf of women in Pakistan. This time women are preparing to take out women’s march, while Imran Khan’s government is trying to thwart their efforts by wearing hijab.
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Every year on International Women’s Day, women’s march is taken out by the women of Pakistan, regarding this, Minister of Religious Affairs Nurul Haq Qadri has appealed to Prime Minister Imran Khan to declare March 8 as International Hijab Day. The minister further said that the women’s march held in Pakistan every year since 2018 is against the principles of Islam. According to the think tank report, Qadri in his letter to Prime Minister Imran Khan has also suggested to change the status of the UN-designated International Day, which aims to celebrate the social, economic, cultural and political achievements of women. To celebrate.
It was further written in the letter that no organization has the right to question Islamic values, norms of society, hijab and modesty of women of the country on the occasion of Women’s March or International Women’s Day or in any event, because these The acts hurt the sentiments of Muslims.
The POEG report said that Qadri’s statement was criticized by women parliamentarians, diplomats and civil society people, after which Qadri presented an explanation saying that obscenity and hooliganism in the name of rights was not allowed under any circumstances. Should be known He further said, in the letter written to the Prime Minister, I have shown the collective thinking of Pakistan.
Why is the women’s march taken out?
Every year on the occasion of International Women’s Day, women’s march is taken out to show the problems faced by women in Pakistan. The Aurat March was organized for the first time in Karachi in 2018.
women being made aware
According to the think tank, in the last four years, many educated urban women, mainstream political parties and academics in Pakistan have used the women’s march through the streets and social media to raise awareness of the depressing condition of women.
According to the Dawn newspaper report, malpractices in Pakistan have united even the arch rivals. Ironically, both the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) government and the opposition Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam-Fazl (JUI-F) have come together to oppose the ‘Aurat March’.