“Three young men were harassing the AC while Madam AC was standing courageously in front of the harassers.”
These are the words of an eyewitness who saw three men in Mansehra district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa harassing Assistant Commissioner Marvi Malik Sher.
The Mansehra Police have claimed that they have arrested three men on charges of harassing Marvi.
Police official Israr Shah said that according to the preliminary investigation, “this is an incident of harassment. People gathered after seeing the harassment of a woman. They captured the three men and handed them over to police”.
Marvi Malik Sher is one of the five sisters who passed the civil competitive exam and set a record in Pakistan. The sisters hailing from Haripur district received their early education from a convent school in Rawalpindi.
In a case registered at Mansehra Police Station, Assistant Commissioner Marvi Malik Sher stated that three men in a jeep chased her official vehicle and drove the wrong way to take her photos from their mobile phones.
“When our vehicle reached Ghazi Kot, they stopped their vehicle in front of our vehicle,” the FIR [First Information Report] stated.
“The three of them got out of the vehicle and started shouting and abusing. Later they fought with the guard and insulted me. They tried to grab my hand and pull me out of the vehicle, injuring my hand. They also assaulted the driver and urged each other to hit me,” she said.
“She is the new AC feeding on our own money. We do not accept any AC, DC. Nor do we accept a woman officer, ” she quoted the assailants as saying.
Zoha Malik, sister of Marvi Malik, has alleged that her sister was attacked because of her gender.
“Some ruffians tried to attack my sister Marvi Malik Sher last evening for being a female officer. It’s the 21st century and women in leadership posts are still an anomaly to sick and prejudiced, patriarchy-ridden mindsets in our country,” Zoha Malik wrote in a tweet.
Some ruffians tried to attack my sister @MarviMalikSher last evening for being a female officer. It’s the 21st century and women in leadership posts are still an anomaly to sick and prejudiced, patriarchy-ridden mindsets in our country. https://t.co/vABF9X1N7T pic.twitter.com/EXxpmsdLAK
— Zoha Malik Sher (@ZohaMalikSher) March 20, 2022
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