The recent statement by the Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan about the increasing rape and sexual cases in the country has sparked uproar not within the country but also from across the globe. To add to his woes, Imran’s former wife Jemima Goldsmith has also slammed him over his rape remarks.
Jemima took to Twitter on Wednesday to react to his controversial remarks. She shared her tweet from 8 April of this year when she had responded to the Pakistan Prime Minister’s comments blaming “fahashi” (vulgarity) for the rising instances of sexual violence in the country. “And again. Sigh,” she said in her latest tweet.
“Say to the believing men that they restrain their eyes and guard their private parts.” Quran 24:31. The onus is on men”, said Jemima, citing a verse from the Quran to school the Pakistani PM. She went on to express her surprise over what she called “a transformation” in the viewpoints of her former spouse, hoping that it was a mistranslation.
“I’m hoping this is a misquote/mistranslation. The Imran I knew used to say, put a veil on the man’s eyes not on the woman,” she said.
The Pakistani PM has come under serious criticism on social media outlets along with local and global media, after he linked fahashi (vulgarity) being practised in female attire as the reason behind the rise in the cases of sexual violence, including rape.
“The whole concept of pardah or covering up or modesty, in Islam, is to keep the temptation in check. There are many such people in society who cannot keep their willpower in check and that it had to manifest itself in some way”, he said.
