Pakistan's Imran Khan Under Fire for Remarks Linking Rape to Women's Attire

Pakistan's Imran Khan Under Fire for Remarks Linking Rape to Women's Attire

Pakistan' prime minister Imran Khan's controversial comments earlier this week, linking women's clothing choices to sexual violence, has erupted a sea of controversies in the country. Civil society groups and activists in Pakistan have cried out in outrage over the prime minister's remarks which pinned the blame for rape and sexual assault squarely on women themselves.  Noting that these remarks are indicative of "victim-blaming", human rights campaigners have called for a public apology from the prime minister. Incidentally, the latest controversial remarks from Imran Khan are the second time in the last two months where he drew severe condemnation for reducing sexual violence to a mere act of 'temptation'. Pakistan's prime minister Imran Khan, in an interview with Axios' on HBO earlier this week, said, "If a woman is wearing very few clothes it will have an impact on the men unless they are robots. It's common sense." Khan also t…