In
a society of ours, mainly a male dominant society for decades, the issue of
harassment, violence and abuse in all its forms is commonly prevalent. The
ruling elite of the third world countries have not gone farther in its resolve
to curtail the issues concerning exploitation.
Zainab's Incident
Pakistan, unfortunately among-st one of the countries facing this menace, is taking serious measures to address
the matters concerning harassment. The recent incident of “Zainab” has become a
rallying cry for masses to put an end to violence.
All segments of society
showed grave concerns over increasing incidents of violation and exploitation.
The rapid and swift judgment in the case will not bring the innocent life back
but the hopes have been set high that such fearful episodes of violence and
abuse will come to halt.
Intolerance of these kind of Abusive Behaviors
The
painful incident and its hue and cry challenged the criminal and justice
system. It also raised a question on the direction in which society is moving.
The criminal was not only anticipated and brought to justice but more
importantly the time in which all the proceedings have taken place has set an
unprecedented example. The message was loud and clear that such shameful acts
will not be tolerated in any manner by the society.
I
am living in a society rather in a mob of people where respect, gender equality
and justice is a far cry. The only solution, in my opinion, to get out of this
vicious circle is to act united and introduction of laws which ensure strict
punishments for the offenders.
