Pakistani women don’t get their rights as traditions adopted from India: PM Khan

Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan, at a ceremony in Rawalpindi’s Fatima Jinnah University to celebrate International Women’s Day, said that when the history of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) will be written, the only party that shall be known to have empowered women will be PTI.

PM Khan said that most Pakistani women don’t get their rights and that is because the country has adopted traditions from India, where women were considered men’s property.

“Indian women used to be burned alive (Satti) with the body of her husband if he died,” said PM Khan, adding that Islam gives more rights to women.

Praising his mother, PM Khan said, “I am what I am today because of my mother.”

“My mother was educated, if she had not made me sit and do my homework, I would have never studied in the first place,” said the prime minister.

“Education is also important along with the protection of their rights,” said PM Khan.

The premier further said that rule of law is the biggest issue in Pakistan.

PM Khan, criticising the former leader of Pakistan, said, “The powerful desires NRO and threaten to topple the government if they don’t get it but I will not give them that as long as I am alive.”

“No matter what these robbers do, try as much as they can or plan any strategy, I am ready,” he said in reference to the Joint Opposition’s efforts to table a no-trust motion against the incumbent government.