Twitter slams PML-N's Rana Sanaullah and Abid Sher Ali for misogynistic remarks
Pakistan's political sphere is rife with misogyny — and judging by Twitter's bashing of PML-N leaders Rana Sanaullah and Abid Sher Ali's recent sexist remarks, people have had enough.
In a press conference this Sunday, Punjab Law Minister Rana Sanaullah passed the following remarks about the women who attended the PTI jalsa at Minar-e-Pakistan: “The women who attended the rally were not from honourable families because their dance moves implied where they had actually come from.”
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Also on Sunday, while recounting the April 27 brawl during the budget speech at the Parliament House, Minister of State for Power Abid Sher Ali shared his derogatory response to PTI whip Shireen Mazari when she asked him to keep the distance and not to touch her.
Both incidents illustrate the lack of respect for women political leaders and workers and have elicited the public's criticism:
Perhaps the wisest remedy is to hit them where it hurts: the vote.
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