Documentary filmmaker Sabin Agha shares his experience of harassment in Mazar-e-Quaid

• Documentary filmmaker Sabin Agha shared her own story of harassment.
• Agha drew attention to how the police at the scene did not bother to intervene and stop the attack on her.
• Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari responded to Agha’s story, demanding that men be prohibited from entering public places.

Recent incidents of harassment and violence against women have caused anger and commotion in Pakistan.

All walks of life, from ordinary citizens, to politicians, to celebrities, have condemned the incident and demanded immediate justice for the victims to prevent such incidents from happening.

As multiple such stories continue to surface, after the distressing Minar-e-Pakistan incident, documentary film producer and multimedia journalist Sabin Agha shared a story on Saturday.

In a post on Twitter, Agha described how she experienced a situation similar to the Minar-e-Pakistan incident in Mazar-e-Quaid in Karachi “a few years ago”.

Agha first reminds readers that she is not a “TikToker or YouTuber”; she is a “conscientious” journalist.

“I’m not TikToker or YouTuber. I’m #journalist. A few years ago, I went to Karachi’s Mazar Quaid to report #14AugustAzadiDay. I’m reporting, doing my job, and not throwing #kisses like this country that accuses victims Blame the TikToker girl,” Agha wrote.

Agha went on to say that “about 100 frustrated boys and men attacked” her and her photographer.

“My photographer and his camera were pushed around, but I was treated roughly. Every part of my body was groped. My hair was pulled from behind and from the sides. My clothes and dupatta Pulled by a man,” she wrote, vividly describing what happened.

She added that among these men, some even tried to wrap her dupata around her neck to “suffocate” her, while others continued to fumble her.

She said that there was always hysterical laughter and verbal abuse.

Agha also drew attention to how the police at the scene did not bother to intervene and stop the attack.

Instead, he said to her: “Madam, we have only four people, one hundred and fifty people, how can we stop them? Why are you still here?”

Bakhtawar asks to ban men from entering public places

Bakhtawar Bhutto Zardari responded to Agha’s story, demanding that men be prohibited from entering public places.

“Another distressing experience-the police witnessed their refusal to help despite their ability to appeal for support and use weapons to disperse the crowd. I believe they will help, not complicity,” she wrote.

“Men should be prohibited from entering public places. We need more women to protect women,” she added.