ARTICLE: "I was devastated at the reaction of the man who holds the charge of Capital City Police Officer (CCPO)."
"Ah the wily Umar Sheikh much in the news first for orchestrating the dismissal of his boss the IG and now for blaming the victim of gang rape and..."
"Right but he did not apologize after many took exception to his comments but clarified that he was referring to Pakistan's social norms that bar any woman from traveling at night and...."
"Were you content with that explanation?"
"The point is if you appoint people from certain socio-economic backgrounds, and there is merit in that because it provides the socially disadvantaged room for promotion, yet there is one disadvantage and that is the social norms that Pakistan as a progressive liberal country wants to project to the rest of the world, and realize The Khan's dream of Pakistan as a tourist destination, will be severely compromised."
"I recall The Buzz's visible discomfort around women, be they local or be they foreign."
"Hmmm anyway the Ring Road incident reminds me of another incident where a woman was seen boldly walking alone at night towards Pakpattan shrine, more dangerous than being in a car, and though nothing untoward happened to her, unlike the victim of Ring Road case, yet reprisals against the police officer were immediate and The Buzz was quick to act and...."
"The Buzz knows he has peaked in his career - there is no way but down after The Khan leaves office and so he acts as and when directed by the powers' that be!"
"Would that be spiritual or temporal powers?"
"Hey you appear to be singularly uninformed. In our naya Pakistan the two are merged. But to be fair to The Khan he ordered an inquiry report in both cases but I ask you how can he dismiss the CCPO for saying what he did cause he didn't act illegally just shallowly as per the Deputy Prime Minister Asad Umer."
"He didn't use the word shallow but the man with the widening girth, Shahzad Akber, said that CCPO was merely stating a fact when he said what he said...."
"The moral of the story is women foreign tourists beware of Pakistani motorways after dark."
"Don't be facetious."
Copyright Business Recorder, 2020
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