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Twitter users renew calls of yes, all men after woman assaulted by 400 men at Minar-e-Pakistan

Twitter users renew calls of yes, all men after woman assaulted by 400 men at Minar-e-Pakistan

People are enraged and are calling out the way our society views women after the horrifying incident.
18 Aug, 2021

A woman was assaulted by over 400 men in Lahore's Greater Iqbal Park on August 14 and the nation is rightfully enraged.

An FIR has been registered against hundreds of unidentified assailants for assaulting and stealing from a female TikToker and her companions. Videos of the incident have been circulating online and show the woman being swarmed by men who literally pick her up and assault her. Along with Minar-e-Pakistan, Lahore incident and 400 men, yes all men is also trending on social media, with people from across the political spectrum calling out the men present at the park who did not help the woman as well as the perpetrators.

There is palpable rage and fear on social media as enraged citizens express their horror, frustration and anger at the assault. That it happened on Pakistan's Independence Day in front of the Minar-e-Pakistan, one of the symbols of our nation, was all the more frightening.

Yes all men, say social media users. Many people who previously disagreed with this statement are now saying that they were wrong and that yes, all men are responsible if not accountable for violence against women.

Users are crying out that no one protected that woman, therefore all the men there were culpable.

How many men will be enough for people to understand that this is a problem, asked another user.

Women are scared, say users.

When a crowd of 400 men attacks you, there is very little you or anyone can do to be safe. This woman came to a terrible realisation that if even small measures women take to protect themselves won't be enough in a situation like this.

One user called out Pakistan's rotten mindset and said the country should be hanging its heads in shame.

Another user wanted celebrations banned, calling for the perpetrators to be punished.

Sharing a picture of Minar-e-Pakistan from the incident and another from 1940, one user apologised to Quaid-i-Azam for what we have become.

"The culture that we rave about has ingrained violence and harassment and that is exactly why it needs to be called out!" pointed out one user.

Some people would rather defend men than understand that women are not free, posted one user.

One user called this country a hell for women and echoed the sentiments of many, many other people when she said she just wanted to leave the country.

The Karachi Central deputy commissioner said this incident is not a one-off.

One user called for the immediate re-education of men in the country.

One user asked what the "patriotic" way of calling out such incidents was, since Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry warned against calling Pakistan an unsafe place for women lest it tarnish our "image".

Another pointed out that the problem went beyond the country being unsafe for women.

Another "isolated incident" tweeted one user, mocking the government's , nothing to actually tie it to the people and problems here

This is definitely not a one-off incident, no matter what anyone claims. Several horrifying acts of violence against women have been reported in recent months and despite social media outcry, they keep being reported. That people are calling out all men for their responsibility to actively stop harassment and assault rather than being bystanders is good, but what's not good is that it take a woman being assaulted by 400 men for it to happen.

Pakistani women deserve better than being made into examples of why women deserve rights. We shouldn't need examples of why we should protect women, it should be a forgone conclusion. How many women will it take for people to realise that we have a big problem in the way we view and treat women? And for our government officials who don't want issues to be highlighted lest we "tarnish" Pakistan's image — our image is being tarnished by the assaulters, not the people crying out for protection for our citizens or the victims.

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Fraz Aug 18, 2021 12:27pm
Why woman was assaulted ??
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UZ Aug 18, 2021 12:35pm
Hang these all people publicly. The only way to stop this kind of incident.
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ST Aug 18, 2021 12:36pm
Mera jism meri merzi. For women.. and meri ankhein meri merzi for men. Both slogans are wrong . Both genders have to show modesty to curb these incidents.
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tQ Aug 18, 2021 12:53pm
Allow people to keep arms with them. This will take care of lawlessness instantly by provision of on-the-spot justice.
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A. ALI Aug 18, 2021 12:53pm
First of all, it's a very sick minded act performed by hundreds of men. Secondly, what prompted all men to get United and do this? Third, who is she?
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NYS Aug 18, 2021 12:53pm
It's horrible in broad day light all men become TALIBAN assaulted a single woman what were they commemorating there Did all these men forgot Quaids' message shame this masculinity
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Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad Aug 18, 2021 12:59pm
What a gruesome, gigantic, grisly, grim, gross, grave and great tragedy? Are we still living in the dark ages?
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Abrar Aug 18, 2021 12:59pm
Absolutely shameful.... but just condemning is not enough men in Pak have to feel responsible for such barbaric incidents, making justifications and excuses will only increase such incidents.
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A. ALI Aug 18, 2021 01:07pm
Not all men. Few rotten minded men dont represent all of us. Indeed a disgraceful act. However words can describe this shameful deed. However we need to see what prompted all 400 men at the same time to do same act?. Very strange, never heard before.
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A. ALI Aug 18, 2021 01:09pm
@NYS .. dont spew your false westernized taliban agenda over this issue. Talibans are better Muslims then you and i can think of collectively.
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Rafel Aug 18, 2021 01:18pm
it seems that Taliban is already arrived in PAK .
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JustSaying Aug 18, 2021 01:21pm
Primitive Backward Misogynistic Society...
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A. ALI Aug 18, 2021 01:24pm
It's quite possible the tiktoker lady may have maligned or made fun of few those people? However that does not allow them to manhandled or humiliate her touch her hidden soft parts. This is brutal, they must be punished hard.
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Pops Aug 18, 2021 01:25pm
Is this how you celebrate Independence Day in Pakistan? Shame on you!
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M. Saeed Aug 18, 2021 01:26pm
This incidence is clearly a simple portrayal of the general trend in a deprived society. It reminds of the time before human civilization when, women were captured and kept in chains by men on the basis of Might is Right. Are we qualified to be called different from animals? If given a chance, will we be different? Question yourself in your "inner-self".
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wolf Aug 18, 2021 01:28pm
That woman should NOT have gone there in first place - I would not have give permission to my daughter, sister, wife, mother etc. to go out and celebrate the day with unsocialized and unknown mob! She miscalculated the risk and got into this distressful situation. We are all kidding ourselves if we are thinking that Pakistan is safe place from law and order situation point of view - it is NOT a safe place to move around with extra security and protection. My wife was travelling in PIA airline, one elderly Mullah starting troubling her and asking her to give him her mobile number - airline staff did not about this very inconvenience by wife was subjected during flight. That is probably PIA is dead - you guys can extrapolate on this and evaluate your situation when you are venturing out in Pakistan.
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vin Aug 18, 2021 01:32pm
@NYS What message, do you know how many women were raped during Partition?
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Zulfiqar Aug 18, 2021 01:34pm
Talibans are already here ... all 400 of them!
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qet Aug 18, 2021 01:46pm
Being at the wrong place at the wrong time. Could happen to anyone any where. Every one should take responsibility for their own security. Assault and rape of young women wandering 3AM in western capitols is not unheard off.
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Armagan Aug 18, 2021 01:47pm
@ST you are exactly the reason why men in Pakistan behave like this.
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Sameer Aug 18, 2021 01:59pm
I just can't comprehend how childish the tweets are anyway. How is the "all men" discussion giving us any solution? Secondly, they don't seem to understand anything about ground incidents. Who has the nerve to oppose a 400 strong mob? Tweeting is easy, very easy.
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Surya Kant Agrawal Aug 18, 2021 02:11pm
@Fraz because she is a woman.
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Schehz Khan Aug 18, 2021 02:11pm
Raymond kills two Pakistanis on a crowded street in Lahore and no one dares to slap this killer, but here everyone is in the forefront of disrespecting a woman. Wow, my shameless and cowardly nation. ڈوب مرو چلو بھر پانی میں
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1971 Aug 18, 2021 02:20pm
@A. ALI "Hidden soft parts". Was it necessary to say so?
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Umar Aug 18, 2021 02:45pm
@Rafel to be fair to the Taliban, despite their poor record on women's rights (that's a massive understatement) they'd kill you if you did something like this to a Pashtun woman. I'm not sure what that says about us.
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Umar Aug 18, 2021 02:48pm
@qet Mate, if broad daylight in a public space is wrong place wrong time, then there is no right place right time.
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Hassan Aug 18, 2021 02:48pm
@wolf : Its heartbreaking that your sister would need permission from you to go out.
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Tariq Aug 18, 2021 03:00pm
You guys think that is bad over here, in India it is every few hours and every day. Delhi is officially rape capital of the world now. Punish rapist bad the only cure.
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Shyam Kokku Aug 18, 2021 03:03pm
These men are worse than Taliban!
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Prof Naik Aug 18, 2021 03:03pm
@A. ALI here's the answer to your questions.. 1. Doesn't matter 2. Doesn't matter 3. Doesn't matter No one has the right to to force themselves into a other person's bubble, no matter the circumstances. We are a nation of 'haata pai' and barbarism. And we don't even know how to have laws relevant to protect people and how to enforce them. A lot of this is to do with the 'wealth gap' and lack of a proper upbringing where 'moral education' has been absent for generations.
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Dhoni Aug 18, 2021 03:16pm
@ST "Mera jism meri merzi. For women.. and meri ankhein meri merzi for men. Both slogans are wrong . Both genders have to show modesty to curb these incidents." Boys ka bhi rape ho raha hai, 5 saal ki bachi ka bhi, Doob ker mar jao, You have sympathy for criminals.
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Dhoni Aug 18, 2021 03:18pm
@A. ALI "Not all men. Few rotten minded men dont represent all of us. Indeed a disgraceful act. However words can describe this shameful deed. However we need to see what prompted all 400 men at the same time to do same act?. Very strange, never heard before." Why not all men? Have you checked ratio? 400:1
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Abrar Aamer Aug 18, 2021 03:25pm
Yes, not all men. Those were poor, worker class, frustrated men which is a majority in Pakistan. Give them education, raise the standard of this country, end corruption and this won't happen. But of course not all men, men like me are afraid of getting molested by these beasts ourselves. If they didn't find a woman there, anyone could have started to attack some cute boy or handsome man and it wouldn't be any different.
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Riaz Uddin Aug 18, 2021 03:39pm
When police assaults a lot of accused women? Even they are sexually molested, is there any remedy for those ? Neither opposition nor treasury benches showed any concern!
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Najam Aug 18, 2021 03:52pm
Who counted 400 mobs, did they lined up for the counting?
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Wolf Aug 18, 2021 04:30pm
@Hassan - I did not say that see need permission from to got all times. My comments are in relation to context - unruly mob - hundreds of them and only one woman. It is just liken passing through a pub full of drunken people - what except to happen in such situation. You must do risk analysis when you venture out to such events. Tell me how people surround Maryam Nawaz when she go out in public?
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Wolf Aug 18, 2021 04:35pm
@Hassan my country nate I do not think that Pakistan is a safe place for women to go out in such gatherings without proper security.
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Khaled Aug 18, 2021 04:38pm
It's only the first three years, can expect a lot in the remaining two years. In any other civilized country the provincial head would have resigned in shame.
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ZF Aug 18, 2021 04:39pm
@ST what exactly was this poor woman doing that was so 'immodest'?
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Farhan Aug 18, 2021 04:42pm
I cannot think of a single other country in the world where such an event can happen in broad daylight in the most public place. In the West and most non-Muslim countries (including poor countries in Africa), it is unthinkable as women enjoy complete freedom in public spaces. In the hardline Muslim countries like Saudi and Iran, no one dare do such as thing even if there's just one woman out in the park. In moderate Muslim countries like Indonesia, Turkey, Bangladesh, Malaysia etc. people are civilised enough to never indulge in such behaviour. What is wrong then with Pakistan and Pakistanis ?
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AZHAR Aug 18, 2021 04:43pm
This is very tragic incident , is this naya pakistan. No law and order and certainly we all men are to blame . Its more tragic that Chief justice Mr. GULZAR hasn't taken any notice yet. Please stop it.
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shamain Aug 18, 2021 05:06pm
nothing new, just another day in land of pious pakistan. That guy in comments who mentioned hidden soft parts, seems sexually frustrated.
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Jawad Aug 18, 2021 05:11pm
No word from the Noble PM. Is this the Reyast Madina you envisioned.
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Amer Rao Aug 18, 2021 05:12pm
I visited Lahore Iqbal Park in March and noticed thousands of local tourists there. But not found any single police or security person in the park. This should be a normal protocol to have police force and other safety measures to protect public. This type of incidents are not good for Pakistan’s tourism industry.
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M khan Aug 18, 2021 05:23pm
@Fraz ask the 400 sex starved fiends.
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Malik Aug 18, 2021 05:37pm
400 men assaulted 1 woman. This is ridiculous. How can pakistani men be this illiterate?? They are animals not even humans. PM Imran khan should take notice of this immediately.
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hussain Aug 18, 2021 05:38pm
@Zulfiqar another political point with no validity, rather these people represent those who are inclined to western thought.
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AA Aug 18, 2021 05:46pm
Barbarism of talibans against women and children in Afghanistan is "breaking the shackles of slavery", but not in our backyard. Hypocrites
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Humaquereshi Aug 18, 2021 05:51pm
worse than talibanese..
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Cameo Aug 18, 2021 05:56pm
This 'anti-men' rhetoric won't do anyone any good. Reforming criminal justice system to met out strict punishments would serve as a deterrent. Otherwise, this cycle of injustice would continue.
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Nomad Aug 18, 2021 06:28pm
Welcome to "Naya Pakistan"!
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Im Raan Aug 18, 2021 06:52pm
@ZF She was wearing clothes.
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Gerry Dc Aug 18, 2021 06:54pm
What message are we giving the world 'Pakistan unsafe for women' under the leadership of Imran Khan in his Naya Pakistan or Rayasat e madina
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Khader Aug 18, 2021 07:07pm
In a nation the head of government like Prime Minster says he wants to wipe out western culture, (a culture which does not accept dominance of men and subservience of women and at the same time accepts womens’ right to get educated and employed) , these types of lynching will be normal in that nation.
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Seedoo Aug 18, 2021 07:17pm
@A. ALI I urge you to relocate to Afghanistan for just 12 months, if not move there permanently. We will then see if you maintain the same opinion about the Talibans.
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parveez shafi Aug 18, 2021 07:18pm
Why is it that men in Pakistan think how other women should behave. Look at your self first.
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Sarfaraz Aug 18, 2021 07:24pm
One word namards
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Sarfaraz Aug 18, 2021 07:25pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad you are 100% right.
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Mahmood Aug 18, 2021 07:54pm
Ah, but notice the deafening silence of all the so-called ''celebrities' including Malala, who were making noise about the safety of Afghans as the Talibans rolled into Kabul. Are these fakes not concerned about their fellow-Pakistani women? Where is their outrage and effort to help the victims in this case? Have they even heard of Lahore, I wonder?? Have any of them opened up their hearts, wallets or villas to take in the poor woman who deserve their sympathy and care? Such fakes only emerge out of the woodwork, when the incident is of ''international proportion'' so they can gain more bang for their buck - cheap publicity at the expense of real victims - whom they will neither visit or ever know the names of. Fame is all the care about - all their hollow words and crocodile tears notwithstanding.
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Syed Imam Aug 18, 2021 07:57pm
@A. ALI Yes I am surprised myself. Why only 400 men why not the whole of the city?
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Hassan Syed Aug 18, 2021 08:19pm
Unfortunately, this is just a trailer that shows how sick minded sizeable chunk of Pakistani youth is. They're morally, ethically, and sexually corrupt people; nothing can be done about it.
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SKB Aug 18, 2021 08:27pm
@Dr. Salaria, Aamir Ahmad All men who were reading your note United we stand. Divided we fall.
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SKB Aug 18, 2021 08:28pm
@NYS Bad comment.. wrong comparison.
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St. Mercury Aug 18, 2021 09:03pm
The cultural thinking and bring up needs to completely overhauled. You have to teach the young men from the childhood to respect women and don't look at them like a piece of meat.
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Syed Ahmed Aug 18, 2021 09:05pm
Women need to arm themselves with tasers and pepper spray
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Aamir Fareed Aug 18, 2021 09:35pm
@ST That's the philosophy that needs to be educated
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Noor Aug 18, 2021 09:43pm
@Fraz seriously, a woman has to have a reason to be assaulted?
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SN Aug 18, 2021 09:44pm
Why blame the public, when the PM himself says if they Women are not fully covered they will be subjected to voilence.
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Sam Aug 18, 2021 10:33pm
Truth is hard to digest but that is the reality of Pakistan society today.
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abul Aug 18, 2021 11:37pm
I am surprised that no policeman intervened. A simple shot in the air and call for additional police could have helped. That being said this shows the radicalization of the society. Pakistanis may not like the reference to radicalization but look back 20-30 years .Could this be possible in those times? WHAT is the CHANGE since then ? Is the society more intolerant or more sex hungry ?
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Rob Aug 18, 2021 11:40pm
After all all those men are children of rapes, as is most of Pakistan. Why would they think differently?
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abul Aug 18, 2021 11:42pm
Where men gang rape a GOAT , women are fair game .....Any western clothed woman or sari clad woman is vulnerable to assault.
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Raj Aug 19, 2021 12:20am
@Fraz Does it matter?
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Raj Aug 19, 2021 12:22am
This is what happens when you do not teach your young men to respect woman. The country or the society has to move with the times. It seems many nations in our world are still living life in early 1900's. Have to change our society
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Raj Aug 19, 2021 12:23am
@A. ALI Mob mentality
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Ibrahim S Aug 19, 2021 12:38am
It’s about time to pass viable “Noor bill” to stop violence against women, children. Do we need land full of trees where women and children are raped and assaulted on daily basis .
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Gollum Aug 19, 2021 01:05am
I dont want to blame the victim but even knowing how sick our male dominated society is, would any woman dare to jump in among 400+ men just to make tiktok Videos?
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A. Din Aug 19, 2021 02:23am
If the arrested people are proven guilty, their names with photo IDs should be published in all newspapers for several days for everybody to see. Next they should all face jail terms and when released they should be registered as sex criminals with the police and report to the police once a month.
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R Aug 19, 2021 05:31am
@Fraz because of men
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Piri piri Aug 19, 2021 07:16am
Pakistan just won the Guinness world record for mass rape.
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Piri piri Aug 19, 2021 07:17am
@Rafel most Pakistani men are worse than Taliban
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Akil Akhtar Aug 19, 2021 09:10am
Results of a police completely corrupted by decades of PMLN rule. They inserted hundreds of criminals into the police. IK needs to completely revamp the police else he will be considered a failure. We cannot improve with the current police force....
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A Aug 19, 2021 09:26am
Use Sharia here to punish the culprits.
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Imran Ahmed Aug 19, 2021 02:22pm
@ST Only filth would suggest that the victim is guilty.
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Liaquat Ali samejo Aug 19, 2021 02:22pm
@ST Both slogans are wrong
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Jawad Asif Aug 19, 2021 04:39pm
Jahalat is the root cause and jahil can be a men or women.
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Ramay Aug 20, 2021 11:12am
Well done the Lahorei girl attracted 400 Lahoreities by her tiktok performance, that is what femine wants to attract the masculine for her lust.This record should be in Guinness Book.
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Jawad Aug 20, 2021 02:52pm
How can you joke about such a heart breaking incident ???
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Hasrat noumani Aug 20, 2021 09:55pm
400 men assaulting 1 women is beyond realms of reality something smells fishy here, this has been on the news all over the world she has millions of followers on tic tok and has been monetized in the tune of tens of millions of dollars.
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Abbas Aug 20, 2021 11:48pm
It is easy to feel enraged sitting in your drawing room. But none of the 400 men on the spot were enraged enough to help the poor women.
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mesotwisty Aug 21, 2021 08:19am
@A. ALI, from your comments it seems you sympathize greatly with those poor 400 well intentioned molesting men who were stricken with lust at the very sight of this female who's identity you are deeply curious about. No doubt had you been there you would have been Mr. 401. May you and your kind spontaneously combust.
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Ume.noor Aug 21, 2021 09:59pm
We should ban going to these places until there is proper security set up and the right people are held accountable. #bangreateriqbalpark #banmisogyny #doyourpart
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Syed Ahmed Aug 22, 2021 04:56am
This is what happens when popular personalities like mawlana Tariq Masood attacks liberals constantly thus creating an image of hate against anyone that is open-minded or Western educated
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Syed Ahmed Aug 22, 2021 04:57am
@A. ALI is the religious monsters in our society who are popular and famous on YouTube etc who constantly attack educated people as liberals as if they don't have a right to live
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Shezi Aug 23, 2021 12:38pm
Now latest developments say it was a publicity stunt by the so called victim. A video shows a guard claiming that she has opportunity to escape but she was there with will. The case should be close now. Moreover, I would still say NOT ALL MEN because I don't do it.
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El Cid Aug 23, 2021 01:42pm
Not 399, not 401 but exactly 400. Imaginatively sourced numbers appeal to a certain mind that does not understand numbers and logic. A cut off point set at 7 or so would have sounded more compelling, and ravishing, for the rest of us. But the sudden rise in her online popularity and bank account is of more interest to me than her dubious sex appeal. Low morals perhaps, but smart sales lady nevertheless. Got to give her that.
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El Cid Aug 23, 2021 01:44pm
@Syed Ahmed " open-minded or Western educated" You obviously are neither.
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faisal Aug 23, 2021 11:27pm
@Wolf that's not the point. as an adult women, she will make decisions about her safety. not you. When men get assaulted, nobody questions their right to make their own risk analysis, which can be right or wrong. get off your high horse.
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