An example of the extent to which religious passion runs rampant among people in Pakistan was seen recently in Lahore on Sunday, when a woman was lynched by a mob because of her clothes.
In fact, in the busy Ichhra market of Lahore, a woman was seen wearing such a dress, which the clerics and passers-by considered blasphemous. Then, within no time, hundreds of people gathered in the middle of the market to force the woman to take off her clothes and beat her up.
In fact, the crowd started considering the Arabic words printed on the woman’s dress as verses from the Quran and termed it as blasphemy.
However, fortunately, the shop from where the woman had bought the clothes immediately intervened in the matter and tried to explain to the people that the words written on the clothes are not Urdu but Arabic and they are not verses from the Quran but religious symbols on people’s heads. The frenzy of fanaticism was so strong that the mob dragged the woman to a restaurant, where she was forced to take off her clothes.
Meanwhile, on the call of the shopkeeper, woman police officer ASP Syeda Shahrabano Naqvi reached there and saved the life of the woman wearing a dress with Arabic calligraphy.
That officer is being praised a lot in Pakistan. The new Chief Minister of Punjab, Maryam Nawaz, has also praised her a lot in the Assembly, but it is surprising that all this happened when a woman has become the Chief Minister of the state and is giving a statement in the House on the safety of women in the state.
The dress the woman wore had the word Halwa written in Arabic, which means beautiful, but the enemies of wisdom were not concerned with this.
In the video viral on social media, it can be seen that the woman in the restaurant is scared and confined to a corner with her face covered, and a crowd of about 300 people present there are asking the woman to take off her clothes.
The crowd is also warning that if he does not take off his clothes himself, he will be forced to take them off. In another footage, female police officers are surrounding the victim girl. And saving him from the crowd.
Meanwhile, Pakistan’s famous brand Manto, which makes clothes with Arabic calligraphy, on Monday advised people not to wear their own clothes anymore.
This brand named Manto from Karachi is a big name in the field of Pakistani fashion, which makes people happy by painting selected poetry or lines of poems and couplets of respected poets and poets like Allama Iqbal, Faiz Ahmed Faiz, Mirza Ghalib and Jaun Elia on clothes. Has been creating awareness about Urdu literature. The brand is known for its distinctive style and commitment to empowering Urdu literature.
Expressing deep concern over the safety of customers, Manto issued a statement on Monday saying that it is committed to the safety and dignity of all citizens. Manto has written in his statement that the woman’s dress, which created an uproar, had soft Arabic words printed on it, meaning ‘beautiful’ and ‘life’, which were misled by people into thinking they were verses from the Holy Quran.
Manto’s statement, shared on his Instagram, read, “In light of current events, we are extremely saddened to see what has happened.
That’s why we want to address this heartbreaking issue. Please know that your safety as an individual should always be a priority. And at any time, if you feel uncomfortable or unsafe wearing your Manto costume, please put it on the other side.”