Rights groups and journalist bodies in Pakistan have conde-mned a daily newspaper for pub-lishing an abusive commentary about participants in an annual women’s march.
“Fourteen countries have the highest rape cases of women. The randies [whores] of Aurat March can’t see these non-Muslim countries,” stated the front-page article in Ummat, an Urdu-language newspaper in Karachi.
“Why don’t they abuse re-ligions like Christianity, Hindui-sm and Buddhism of the majority populations of these countries? Why does their voice rip apart while criticizing their teachings?”
Father Nasir William, dire-ctor of the Commission for Social Communications in Islamabad-Rawalpindi Diocese, slammed the controversial commentary.
“It is unethical to use such words in media. They reflect personal enmity, ignorance and stupidity. There are other ways for criticism,” he told.
“However, the women are risking their dignity by protesting on roads and going against the male-dominant culture. Rights cannot be achieved on such plat-forms. We discourage nuns from protesting on roads. They are different from other women.”