Woman journalist faces online abuse for hashing out ‘agenda’ of Afghan anti-hijab protest
A woman journalist, Sumaira Khan, has faced online abuse for talking over the ‘agenda’ behind anti-hijab protest by some Afghan women.
A woman journalist, Sumaira Khan, has faced online abuse for talking over the ‘agenda’ behind anti-hijab protest by some Afghan women in which she claimed that the demonstrations were backed by India and other foreign forces to create disturbance in Afghanistan.
Sumaira Khan, a well-known journalist who worked as a correspondent for Al-Jazeera, BBC, Express Tribune and other media houses.
The woman journalist faced an abusive thread of comments online after she hashed out the agenda behind Afghan women anti-hijab protest during a TV programme aired on PTV News.
The journalist can be heard as saying in the video clip that some Tajik girls had recently burnt their burqas and chadors in Afghanistan capital Kabul during a protest in which the protesting women chanted slogans against Pakistan as well.
Javeria Siddique seeks action against Ahmad Waqass Goraya for harassing women journalists
She added that an investigation led by the Taliban had later proved that it was an agenda-driven protest that was fuelled and funded by some foreign forces including India.
“افغانستان میں تاجک النسل لڑکیوں کے احتجاج، برقعہ جلانے کے پیچھے بھارت ہے” @sumrkhan1
pic.twitter.com/2DswL6mZUZ— Shahid Abbasi (@ShahidAbbasiPak) January 26, 2022
Ahmad Waqass Goraya posted a scurrilous comment on her video and blamed the military establishment for promoting such women to deliver lectures on hijab and Islam.
وینا ملک ، سمر خان اور اس قبیل کی خواتین سے پردے اور اسلام پر لیکچر دلوانا عسکری دھندے کا ہی کمال ہے۔ اور کسی مسلمان ملک میں کوٹھے پر حجاب اور اسلام پر لیکچر نہیں دیا جاتا
— Ahmad Waqass Goraya 🐠 (@AWGoraya) January 26, 2022
In another tweet, he compared the woman journalist to a pimp who are maligning Afghan women fighting for their rights.
Pimps of ISI are maligning Afghan women who are fighting for their rights. BTW, same pimps also malign you and every woman who demands rights in Pakistan. https://t.co/DewfyNHohv
— Ahmad Waqass Goraya 🐠 (@AWGoraya) January 27, 2022
Some journalists came to defend Sumaira Khan:
بی بی سی اردو اور وی او اے اردو کا خودساختہ بلاگر
ویسے اس جانور کو کتنے غلیظ ماحول میں پروان چڑھایا گیا ہے شکل پر پھٹکار، زبان غلیظ اور کرتوت گندے آخ تھو@sumrkhan1 stay strong pic.twitter.com/rSN0Kflzr1— Javeria Siddique (@javerias) January 26, 2022
Absolutely filthy language is strongly condemned.However,question is why is this person so upset if @sumrkhan1 revealed her findings against #India? Iss par kyun takleef hay? And @sumrkhan1 you looked gorgeous and spoke brilliantly.Let the haters hate. #Pakistan is moving forward
— Fereehaidrees@abbtakk (@Fereeha) January 26, 2022
Using foul language against anyone including Sumaira and Javeria and by anyone including Goraya is condemnable. There are no two opinions
— Naimat Khan (@NKMalazai) January 27, 2022
The Netherlands government @NLAmbPlomp should take this issue serious as their soil using against our women journalists while @Twitter should also need to protect these journalists from harassment on their platform
— Islamuddin Sajid (@islamudinsajid) January 27, 2022
Two weeks ago, columnist and journalist Javeria Siddique had sought action against Netherlands-based blogger Ahmad Waqass Goraya for harassing women journalists online.
After Ahmad Waqass Goraya launched allegations and abuses to the women journalists in Pakistan, Javeria Siddique had asked people to report his abusive and threatening messages on Twitter.
Siddique had also asked Netherlands’ Ambassador to Pakistan Wouter Plomp on Twitter to Goraya’s objectionable messages against women journalists on a daily basis.
She asked the women journalists including Fareeha Idrees, Maleeha Hashmey, Sumaira Khan, Mehr Tarar, Gharidah Farooqi and Sehar Shinwari to file a complaint to Netherlands police besides sharing Politie Nederland’s contact number and social media links.
