Imran Khan
Pakistan: Imran Khan says female journalist bound to be harassed if she invades male space
Islamabad: Former Pakistan PM Imran Khan recently landed himself in a controversy when he issued an inappropriate statement against a leading female journalist, implying that she was asking to be trolled and harassed as she “invades male-dominated spaces” while covering political rallies, media reports said.
His statement came during a conversation with delegations of the National Press Club and the Rawalpindi Islamabad Union of Journalists (RIUJ) in the federal capital when a question was asked about women journalists being harassed at PTI’s jalsas, reports The News International.
In response, Khan said that he would issue special instructions for his supporters in this regard, but he targeted journalist Gharida Farooqui and said: “If she would invade male-dominated spaces, then she is bound to be harassed,” implying that the journalist is “asking for it.”
When Khan was asked why he accused journalists of being paid (lifafa journalists), he said that so far, he has only used the term for senior journalist Saleem Safi, who has been a known critic of the PTI.
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