If you thought Solis Lahore 2019 was an embarrassment, the Solis Islamabad 2020 might have tainted the Solis Music Festival brand name beyond repair.<\/p>\n
People paid Rs 10,000 for the VIP ticket, only to get molested and sexually harassed by men who had gatecrashed the party. Not only that, the whole VIP enclosure fell, injuring scores of people, and resulting in utter chaos and misery for those who just wanted to enjoy good music.<\/p>\n
Unlike the very first Solis Music Festival held in Islamabad back in February, 2019<\/a>, this time nothing was in order. Tickets sold out before the artist line-up was even confirmed. Despite that, the organizers had no checkpoints in place to ensure the safety of attendees.<\/p>\n So people could bring in anything (which they did, as many attendees testified). In fact, even drunk people got in.<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B8k4INxp6tI\/<\/p>\n https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/B8oQwjkBFNO\/<\/p>\n ALSO READ<\/p>\n Two Girls Say They Were Sexually Harassed at a Recent Lahore Concert<\/a><\/p>\n Even people with fake tickets got in. That wasn’t even the worst bit. People were mugged and harassed at a music event in the capital of the country!<\/p>\n This is depressing. Pakistan does not have music festivals of these kind, and now we have given naysayers more reason about why international performers shouldn’t come here.<\/p>\n Here’s one account out of many of what a disaster it was:<\/p>\n A woman attending #SolisFestival<\/a> last night shares her horrifying ordeal. <\/p>\n She + friends were harassed and sexually assaulted by male concert goers, gatecrashers. They were injured by a falling platform.<\/p>\n Event organisers failed on every level. <\/p>\n Who's going to answer for this? pic.twitter.com\/hF5j0Q4I2v<\/a><\/p>\n — Hamna Zubair (@hamnazubair) February 16, 2020<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n
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\nThis was a horrifying experience for many<\/h3>\n
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