Wake up call?

Today while going to lunch with a couple of friends we passed the 2 swords (a popular round about in Clifton for those who don’t know) and there we saw about a handful of people standing all around with banners saying “Rape is Rape it should be stopped” and others too with such dialogues. We all have heard about the rape case that took place a couple of days ago, of a girl who was returning from a party late night and some people forcefully banged into her car, dragged her out and then gang raped her and threw her somewhere at Seaview.

As the news spread and our every read to provide justice media leapt in many stories evolved. Some said she was a hairdresser returning from a party, others made her to be an exotic dancer and many others said that she was a prostitute and therefore got what she deserved. A female minister went to the extent of saying that the girl was rude that she was not giving a statement to the media about the injustice that took place with her.

Lady for you I would like to ask, if God forbid something like that happened to you or someone within your family would you or they give an jolly well interview on media describing the dire situation you had been through? Logic prevails that a girl’s reputation is to be protected at all times… would you want to expose her is such a situation and blatantly speak to the media? Or would you protect her from the vultures that we call our media and provide her with the help and care she needs?

Today in Karachi, the rate of rape is high. First there was the case of the white corolla, where the guy had no shame for what he and his accomplices where up to, then came the baby in the basket case. And now this. Stories of girls being drugged and taken from shrines is common but these are new antics being applied to lure girls to have such cases. Who is to blame in this situation? The girls? The people? who? How can this be stopped? Can it be stopped? All these questions pop up but no one seems to have an answer.

Today looking at the protest taking place, it felt good to see that finally the people of only a hand full have finally gotten up and come forward to fight and finally (hopefully) create a change!