ISLAMABAD: Responding to Aseefa Bhutto’s angry Twitter outburst, National Assembly (NA) Opposition Leader Syed Khursheed Shah on Thursday said that his comments regarding women parliamentarians were blown out of proportion.
In a series of tweets, Aseefa Bhutto Zardari expressed her anger on Syed Khursheed Ahmed Shah’s statement regarding women parliamentarians.
Aseefa said that insensitive remarks against women in politics have reoccurred in parliament. “Such remarks should not be tolerated. Hope Khursheed Shah respectfully apologises,” she stated.
“Parliament is a model of our society and if the parliament continues to make derogatory remarks against women. It reflects on us,” Aseefa stated.
While addressing the lower house of the parliament, Shah advised the NA Speaker Ayaz Sadiq to allow women to speak during assembly sessions or else “they will fall ill”.
