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Pakistani Twitter calls for action and accountability after attempted kidnapping of girl in KU
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Pakistani Twitter calls for action and accountability after attempted kidnapping of girl in KU

"They came to the car's window banging and screaming "get the girl out, stop the car, get out," Ali said, recalling the incident.
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Updated 09 Oct, 2020

Recently, Syed Shaheer Ali, a Karachiite, shared a chilling account of being followed and harassed by a group of men inside the Karachi University (KU) campus.

He wrote about how the harassers on bikes chased him and his friends, demanding they hand over their female friend; all inside the university premises.

"As we ran and reached near the boys' hostel, they came again and surrounded us forcing me to stop the car. That's when they came to the car's window banging and screaming "Larki ko bahar nikaal, gaari roukk, bahar aa" (Get the girl out, stop the car, get out), he recounted.

While one cannot fathom the gravity of the consequences that would have followed if the harassers had managed to catch up with Ali, many on Twitter condemned the incident, exhausting their demands for safety, yet again:

The youth is fearful

Women's safety cannot wait

Some recalled their own experiences

Others raised questions on competence and compliance

Immediate action was demanded

Punish the culprits, they said

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Nomi Goraya Oct 09, 2020 02:50pm
A state with all its resources is not able to nab the MW rape culprit and conveniently blames victim without any shame. So do you really expect something will be done in this case when according to THEM nothing really has happened?
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rafiq Oct 09, 2020 03:17pm
@Nomi Goraya , Nothing is possible for the state until and unless vast majority of people cooperate for the good of the country and its people .
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Nomi Goraya Oct 09, 2020 03:39pm
@rafiq Sorry as I completely disagree with this. Vast majority of people are always law abiding and it is the small percentage which is wrecking havoc to the majority. Here comes the state with all its power and all its might to nab and punish those criminals to keep the majority protected. No human society becomes pious at its own and you (state) have to act with all might to make examples out of criminals to give the law abiding majority feeling of safety. It is the state which makes laws and implement it as it has all the resources available, it is the state which educate the people and determine the direction of society. I am really sorry to say that our state has left our society to rot and fend for itself. How can a society evolve when we are not investing on it. This concept of self accountability is flawed in its very basic definition and state is using it as tool to hide behind it.
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