Imaan Zainab Mazari-Hazir, a prominent young lawyer and daughter of Pakistan’s Minister of Human Rights Shireen Mazari had insinuated on her official Twitter handle that the country is being ruled by witchcraft. Reacting to that, mother and Minister of Human Rights Shireen Mazari slammed the “personal attack”, describing it as “shameful”.
Shireen stated that ” I am ashamed you would resort to such low, personalised, unsubstantiated attacks — especially since as a lawyer you should know [that] without any proof hurling such accusations is defamation.”
“When all substantive issue-based criticism fails, this level of personal attack is plain shameful,” she added.
Earlier today, Imaan had tweeted that if the country was to be run by witchcraft, why was a huge amount of taxpayer money being wasted on the PM’s oversized cabinet?
She was repeating an allegation that has recently been pushed frequently by the government’s critics, the unsubstantiated claim that PM Imran Khan relies on witchcraft and divination to make key decisions regarding the affairs of the state.
“The country has been made a mockery of with [the use of] witchcraft — how can it be that we do not talk about those who practice it,” Imaan added in her tweet.
