Lahore Capital City police officer (CCPO) Umer Sheikh chief on weekday apologised to the superhighway dishonour victim for his earlier remarks implying that she shared responsibility for her rape.

Last week, 2 ‘robbers’ allegedly gang-raped a lady at gun muzzle before of her kids in Lahore's Gujjarpura space once she was stranded on the Lahore-Sialkot superhighway.

Following the incident, the CCPO invited criticism once he pontificated that the victim had did not take due precautions before setting off for her journey. 



According to the Lahore police chief’s logic, the lady may have avoided being at the incorrect place at the incorrect time. He aforesaid she ought to have taken the additional inhabited GT Road to Gujranwala rather than going via superhighway, which she have to be compelled to have checked what quantity fuel her automobile had before setting off. 

Speaking to reporters nowadays, the CCPO aforesaid that he had "apologised earlier as well". 

"I didn't mean something wrong or [to provides a wrong] perception and if any misunderstanding was caused due to me, then I apologise from the depths of my heart to my sister WHO was abused and to any or all sections of society WHO were saddened or enraged." 

On Sat, Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar aforesaid military officer of Police (IG) Inam Ghani had issued a show-cause notice to Sheikh chief over his remarks. 

The CCPO had given associate degree "irrelevant statement", Buzdar had said. "The IG has issued him a show-cause notice [for this statement] and directed him to submit a reply at intervals seven days," the CM added

Buzdar said action at law would be taken against the CCPO once the submission of his reply. 

Earlier nowadays, the Lahore judicature jurist additionally expressed annoyance over the police chief's comments. 

"What reasonably associate degree inquiry is that this wherever the division head is holding the victim to blame for the incident?" remarked Justice Qasim Khan, bearing on the CCPO's comments. 

"The entire Punjab cabinet ought to have apologised for the Lahore police chief's remarks," he added. 

"If associate degree investigation is being dole out with such a mentality then WHO is aware of what's reality and what's created up," Justice Qasim Khan aforesaid. 

Demand for CCPO's removal 

The CCPO's comments had triggered a robust reaction from civil society and human rights activists, WHO condemned the statement and drawn up his removal from workplace.

 Asma Jahangir (AGHS) Legal Aid Cell director Nida Aly aforesaid that "women square measure already subjected to extraordinary pressures, intense security concerns to exert their constitutionally protected right to freedom of movement". 

"On the other hand, the enforcement agencies, presupposed to defend voters, square measure junction rectifier by the individuals like CCPO Umar Sheikh chief WHO selected to try to to victim blaming to vary the narrative simply to cover their own incompetence. In reality, they find yourself unveiling their planted misogynistic nature and lack of gender sensitisation," she said. 

She added the CCPO’s statement meant he was anomaly for the post which he ought to be right away discharged of it. 

Aurat March Lahore’s organiser Hiba Akbar aforesaid girls in Asian country would like elementary and structural changes the least bit levels of society aboard solid preventative policies to prevent regulatory offence. 

"We need police, judiciary and also the government to create policies that don’t question girls concerning their whereabouts, travel or garments. they must rather invest their efforts in preventative measures for associate degree finish to the present violence," she urged.