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aurat march: Controversial material on social media being investigated

Aurat March has become an annual feature and faces backlash every year from certain religiopolitical parties, who have been opposing the event.

Minister for Religious Affairs Noorul Haq Qadri said on Sunday said that the “controversial material” shared on social media concerning the Aurat March held on March 8 is being investigated.

“[We] will expose the culprits involved and register cases against them.”

he said in a statement.

The minister said those who photoshopped banners from Aurat March before sharing them online “will also be punished”.

The move comes after a video from the demonstration held in Karachi was doctored to falsely show participants raising blasphemous slogans and widely shared online.

The orga­ni­sers of Aurat March clarified that the participants of the march did not raise such slogans and their video was edited to defame their struggle.

On Friday, dozens of people from different groups blocked Khayaban-i-Suharwardy and Srinagar Highway in Islamabad during a protest against Aurat March.

While demanding registration of FIRs against organizers and participants of Aurat March, officials of the capital administration and police said that the Sunni Rabta Council, State Youth Parliament Muslim Talba Mahaz, and Muttahida Talba Mahaz staged separate protests at Aabpara Chowk.

In his statement, Qadri said blasphemous acts could not be allowed at any cost in Pakistan, adding that officials were trying to get to the bottom of the “controversial material shared on social media”.

The marches are organized in major cities to highlight issues facing women and condemning incidents of violence against them as well as gender discrimination, economic exploitation, and misogyny every year since 2018.

Following this year’s march on International Women’s Day, heated debates were once again seen on social media for and against the march.

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