Khadija Siddiqui Slams CCPO Lahore For Victim Shaming

She was stabbed 23 times during daylight. No police came to help her.

After a verbal flogging on Twitter, CCPO Lahore Umar Sheikh got an earful from renowned lawyer Khadija Siddiqui for telling Pakistani women that ‘its a man’s world.’ Khadija took offence to the CCPO’s remarks that our societies do not allow females to travel alone after dark.

Pakistani lawyer Khadija Siddiqui, reminds the police officer of her own case, and how she was stabbed 23 times in broad daylight in Lahore.

Calling him out on his victim-shaming, she schooled him on how he doesn’t get to set ‘time limits’ when women can and cannot travel.


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She also asks as to under what authority could the CCPO set ‘time limits’ on women’s travel.

CCPO Lahore Resorts to Victim Shaming

Khadija Siddiqui was responding to the Lahore CCPO’s comments about how the motorway rape victim shouldn’t have been traveling alone at night.

By placing the responsibility of women’s safety on the victim, we’re just giving predators a clean shot. Because apparently public safety and civil security is no longer the responsibility of law enforcement.

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Lahore CCPO is leading the investigation in the motorway rape case. Following his victim-shaming statement, netizens began questioning if he was the right man for the job.


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In addition, the police officer’s follow up statement to take the heat off only made matters worse.

 

Khadija Siddiqui’s Case

Lahore based lawyer, Khadija Siddiqui was attacked near Lahore’s Shimla Hill on May 3, 2016. She was stabbed 23 times in broad daylight and left for dead. Her case wasn’t resolved until former chief justice of Pakistan, Justice (R) Saqib Nisar took suo moto notice of the issue.

After a series of legal proceedings her attacker, Shah Hussain was convicted last year and sentenced to five years in prison.

Since then she is intent on helping others get justice too through her legal practice.