Not Just Advocate Nasreen But These 6 Pakistani Women Professionals Have Also Faced Intimidation In The Past

A video has been doing rounds on the internet showing a woman lawyer, Advocate Irshad Nasreen, in an extremely traumatized and upset condition.

As per reports, the female lawyer was abducted from Okara on 14 August and later dumped on the roadside in an unconscious condition in Dipalpur city of Okara.

Irshad Nasreen of Haveli Lakha had come to the Tehsil Courts to attend court hearings on August 15. On her way back home, some unidentified people allegedly abducted her and took her to some unknown place where they allegedly tortured her badly.

In the video, Advocate Nasreen could be heard saying that she was a lawyer and was abducted as a crowd gathered around her. She said, “I do not know about my abductors.”

A woman lawyer in Okara was kidnapped by three men who physically tortured her and forced her to sign blank papers.

Please raise voice for her. Look at her condition. It's heartbreaking. #JusticeforNasreenAdvocate pic.twitter.com/zxGNkPSEbe

— Komal Shahid (@ArmedWithWords) August 23, 2020

Special Assistant to Prime Minister on Accountability, Mirza Shahzad Akbar shared that Imran Khan has taken notice of her abduction and directed the concerned officials to arrest the perpetrators.

Prime Minister @ImranKhanPTI has taken notice of incident in this video below and has instructed police and concerned officials in Punjab to arrest culprits and provide all possible assistance to the victim. @PTIofficial https://t.co/vFzigljMXp

— Mirza Shahzad Akbar (@ShazadAkbar) August 24, 2020

However, this is not the first time a woman professional had been tortured.

These 6 women professionals have also been tortured and targeted in Pakistan in the past and this needs to end!

1. Faiza Nawaz

Punjab police lady constable Faiza Nawaz was forced to announce her resignation in protest against the injustice done to her after she was humiliated and slapped by a lawyer.

Also Read: Uzma Khan Case: Pakistan Fails To Understand How Everything Was A “Misunderstanding!”

2. Urooj Iqbal

Journalist Urooj Iqbal was killed by her husband for not quitting her job.

Pakistan:
Urooj Iqbal, a female journalist-27( who worked for an Urdu daily located in central Lahore on Monday) was shot and killed by her husband.The crime reporter was allegedly killed by her husband for not agreeing to quit her job.@ForumFreedom @freepressunltd

— Tara Nath Dahal (@tndahal7) November 29, 2019

3. Zeenat Shahzadi

Zeenat Shahzadi, the journalist who went missing in Lahore in 2015 was recovered by security forces more than two years later.

4. Gul Bukhari

Journalist Gul Bukhari was freed several hours after being abducted by masked men in Lahore.

5. Salma Farooqui

Polio vaccinator Salma Farooqui, who played an active role in the Sehat Ka Insaf anti-polio campaign in KPK even after getting threats was shot dead in Peshawar.

Also Read: Not Just Faiza Nawaz But Most Women Police Officers In Pakistan Face Misogyny

6. Qurat-ul-Ain

School teacher, Qurat-ul-Ain was kidnapped from her school and later found murdered in Karachi’s Korangi Industrial Area.

Violence against women in Pakistan has always been on a rise. Recently, it has also paved its way online in the form of cyber-bullying to specifically target women professionals. A campaign to counter these attacks have also been launched by women journalists under the hashtag #AttacksWontSilenceUs.