Imran Khan

[Proudboomer]

www.aljazeera.com/news/2021/4/7/outrage-after-pakistans-imran-khan-links-rape-to-how-women-dress

And to think I actually used to like him.

'A quiet and shy boy in his youth, Khan grew up with his sisters in relatively affluent, upper middle-class circumstances[65] and received a privileged education. He was educated at the Aitchison College and Cathedral School in Lahore,[66][67] and then the Royal Grammar School Worcester in England, where he excelled at cricket. In 1972, he enrolled in Keble College, Oxford where he studied Philosophy, Politics and Economics, graduating in 1975.[68]'

Hmmmmmmmmm

On balance looking at prominent Oxford graduates. That's a bold statement but possibly fair.

'The prime minister said women in Pakistan should remove "temptation" because "not everyone has willpower"'

The idea that men will be driven to violently assault because they can't help it is really sexist

Men aren't animals.

I imagine he was quoting, not that he believed the statement. Let's wait and see if he says anything. He is just not the type.

Do you know him? I don't understand.

I note the link is to Al Jazeera. They are an excellent and reputable source of news from around the world.

It's also reported on BBC etc now.

Out of interest, what or who do you think he was quoting?

Given where he’s from, I’d be far more surprised if he didn’t think/say it.

So, so backward.

Just dreadful. And so depressing.

Susie and smells.

He went to school and university in England.

He played cricket for various clubs etc here.

He traveled the world for his cricket career. He was married to a member of the Goldsmith family...

Do you know who he is? I mean, remember him? From back in the day?

I just read the BBC article and am shocked and disappointed. He used to be more enlightened. Anyway he is coming in for a lot of justified criticism now.

So al Jazeera not trustworthy, BBC trustworthy?

Funny. I'd put it the other way around.

Something for you to think on, maybe.

@NiceGerbil

So al Jazeera not trustworthy, BBC trustworthy?

Funny. I'd put it the other way around.

Something for you to think on, maybe.

100% right in which news source is trustworthy. Al Jazeera are a much better news source than the BBC.

I'm not familiar with Al Jazeera but don't believe any media sources are 100% trustworthy. This story may be true though, even though I would rather it was not. There may be a youtube video of him saying it, I will look later when I've had some sleep.

@Susie477 Your post is abhorrent there is a way to criticise without being a bigot.

For any who think he didn’t say this.

I don’t speak the language but this is the interview where he made the statement

I watched half that video had he is annoying with his anti-western rhetoric!

He starts by saying due to vulgarity on films the divorce rate in the UK has risen and hey look we don't have as high divorce rate in Pakistan...erm because the women have to put up with their shit lives rather than be allowed to leave.

When my mother was alive we visited Pakistan lots cos her siblings lived there. We'd get constantly groped when out, even though we were dressed modestly. I was raped at the age of 21 in Pakistan. He should walk a day in the shoes of a woman in Pakistan. I thank my parents everyday for emigrating to the UK.

Also Jemima is usually quick to defend him if the media is reporting false information, even she is disgusted by him today. What an example to set his young boys.

I remembered when a woman in our local village was widowed with teenage daughters, their protection was gone and it was green light for men in the village to break in whenever they wanted to, to rape her and her daughters.

I remembered another woman being widowed with children aged 5-16 and she had to stop her kids going school cos with no father it was general knowledge that paedophiles would know be taking her kids on the way to school.

He sounds just like the majority of Indian politicians saying the same stuff...and we know India isn’t exactly the safest place for women

Maybe he’s decided to go with the flow and copy his neighbours

The dumb comments on social media under his video "rape rate is high in UK, not in Pakistan cos our women dress modestly" erm no cos Pakistani women wouldn't report rape for fear of being killed.

@bonfireheart isn’t this a major issue in the whole region, I only know about India and it’s disgraceful

@bonfireheart

Also Jemima is usually quick to defend him if the media is reporting false information, even she is disgusted by him today. What an example to set his young boys.

That’s what I thought - imagine having children with that man and having to slap that nonsense down. What a creep.

@checkmate2021 pretty much so, the thinking is disgusting. What we see and hear in the media is just a tiny percentage of what happens in reality.
Even when my family members go to Hajj/Mecca which is a holy pilgrimage and get groped. Whenever my mum and her sisters used to go they'd plan who would walk in front of whom and tactics to show themselves getting felt up.

@bonfireheart I can’t tell if you’re just having a laugh and trolling, because I’ve never heard such from any Muslim friends...if that is the case that is very sad 😞