Aseefa asks Khursheed Shah to apologise

Remarks about women

ISLAMABAD: The remarks made in lighter vein about women in the National Assembly landed Syed Khursheed Shah in trouble as Aseefa Bhutto Zardari advised him to apolgise for the remarks as these could not be tolerated.

The issue started when Khursheed Shah was delivering his speech on loadshedding in Sindh and during his speech some women legislators were talking loudly at the back benches of the treasury and National Assembly Speaker Sardar Ayaz Sadiq asked them to keep quiet or if they wanted to talk, it would be better go to the lobby.

Khursheed Shah remarked in a lighter vein, “Mr Speaker, if you restrict women from talking, they may fall ill. If you stop them from talking, it would become torment for us.” The Speaker handled the situation saying, “Shah Sahib was sharing his personal experience.”

However Aseefa Bhutto Zardari did not like the remarks made in the National Assembly. In her tweet she termed them improper and said that such remarks could not be tolerated.

She tweeted, “Such remarks should not be tolerated. Hope Khursheed Shah respectfully apologises. If Parliament is a model of our society and if our Parliament continues to make derogatory remarks about women, it reflects on us,” she tweeted.

Reacting to Aseefa Bhutto’s angry Twitter outburst, Khursheed Shah said that his comments regarding women parliamentarians were blown out of all proportions. The opposition leader said he did not make any comment against women but in fact advocated for them to be allowed to speak when speaker did not allow them to do so. “Tell me what wrong I did,” he said.