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Women get themselves raped to be millionaires: Musharraf
Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf has said that women in Pakistan get themselves raped for getting a visa to Canada and becoming a millionaire. "You must understand the environment in Pakistan. This has become a moneymaking concern...a lot of people say if you want to go abroad and get a visa for Canada or citizenship and be a millionaire, get yourself raped," the Daily Times quoted Musharraf as saying in an interview with The Washington Post. He further said that Pakistan should not be seen in isolation as far as rape cases are concerned, as it happens even in the US, Canada, France and the UK also. "Pakistan should not be singled out when the curse is everywhere in the world," he said adding that reports or figures about rape in the US, Canada, France and Britain show that "it is happening everywhere".To a question about rape victim Mukhtar Mai, he said that she was free to travel now, and that he had no regrets about slapping on her to travel abroad. He said Mukhtar Mai had come "under the sway of organisations determined to harm Pakistan's image". Posted by: Paul Moloney 2005-09-15 |
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