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ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari has said Maulana Tariq Jameel’s misogynistic and ignorant comments blaming women and youth for the ongoing COVID-19 crisis were absolutely unacceptable.
Mazari said on Twitter “The COVID19 pandemic is a result of women wearing short sleeves or because of private schools/universities misleading the youth”, is “simply absurd”.
“This simply reflects either ignorance about pandemics or a misogynist mindset absolutely unacceptable.” “We will not accept the targeting of women on the pretext of such ludicrous accusations”, she added.
She further wrote, “We in Pakistan have fought hard for claiming our rights as enshrined in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.”
We will not accept the targeting of women on the pretext of such ludicrous accusations. We in Pakistan have fought hard for claiming our rights as enshrined in the Constitution of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan.
— Shireen Mazari (@ShireenMazari1) April 24, 2020