With the Aurat March scheduled to take place this weekend, things are heating up and the controversy surrounding it keeps growing.

A petition was also filed in the Lahore High Court (LHC) against the march with the petitioner calling the march “un-Islamic” with a ” hidden agenda to spread vulgarity.” However, the LHC dismissed the petition saying it couldn’t be banned under the law of the land.

The slogan ‘Mera Jism, Meri Marzi’, in particular, stirred a storm with Khalil ur Rehman Qamar abusing journalist and human rights activist Marvi Sirmed on live television. While some say the slogan is “vulgar” and is used by women marchers in “an attempt to westernise the Pakistani society”, the marchers themselves say it pertains to “the right of choice and that to safety of women and even minor girls who are subjected to sexual assault in this very society”.

Here are some interesting posters from the Aurat March’s official Instagram account which explain ‘Why Women March’.

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