Pakistan Aurat March
Aurat March in Pakistan: Participants demand gender equality
Islamabad: Several groups, representing a diverse school of thoughts, assembled around the National Press Club (NPC) in Pakistan's capital Islamabad to participate in Aurat March to mark the 'International Women's Day' event on Tuesday.
The participants were seen chanting slogans and holding placards with statements supporting their ideology.
The situation looked tense at one stage when ‘Aurat March’ and ‘Haya Rally’ from Jamaat-e-Islami came face to face at Super Market. The situation was managed smoothly by the administration by diverting ‘Aurat March’ towards D Chawk, reports The News International.
Despite threats and restrictions, people from all walks of life participated in the ‘March’. The ways leading to D Chawk were blocked with containers and barbed wire and the number of people attending the March was also low as compared to previous years but the determined faces made sure that the tradition stays alive, the newspaper reported.
“We are not afraid of anyone. It is our right to live freely, protest freely, and express our views freely. We will hold this March every year from the same place. Forces that want to intimidate us would never succeed,” rights activist Tahira Abdulla told the newspaper.
“We want rights for women that are guaranteed in Islam. We believe that both men and women are bound to certain limits in Islam. These limits are important to follow to protect the family system,” said Rukhsana Ghazanfar, Naib Nazma Jamaat-e-Islami Punjab while talking to The News.
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