Your character is loose indeed: OKB slams Nabil Gabol after latter's comparison with Imran Khan
Pakistani politician Nabil Gabol is under fire yet again. This time around, it is due to his “clarifications,” (or lack thereof) for his comments trivialising rape and joking about being able to “take” whomever he wants.
The Pakistan People’s Party (PPP) member took to Twitter to share quotes from the TIME Magazine article about former premier Imran Khan, lamenting over the fact that when he does certain things, he is criticised, when the ex-Prime Minister is not.
“Hum kare tu saala charecter deela hai (If we do it, our character is loose),” he began in a tweet. “This is what Time Magazine says about Imran Khan. I am surprised. Not a single person, such as Fifi Haroon, Munizae Jahangir, Sharmila Faruqi, Frieha Altaf, and Aurat March organisers, said anything against Khan. I think I need to lose weight and look handsome like Khan and become ladla (privileged son) so that no one criticises me.”
The excerpts quoted from the interview in the magazine stated things such as “the debonair playboy who grew devout; the privileged son who rails against the corrupt; the humanist who stands with the bloodthirsty.” Another highlighted part read, “His youth was spent carousing with supermodels in London’s trendiest nightspots.”
Khan’s comments on the Taliban breaking “the shackles of slavery by taking back power” were also put in the spotlight, with the author claiming that he insisted it was all “taken out of context.” Furthermore, Khan stating, “If a woman is wearing very few clothes, it will have an impact on the men, unless they’re robots,” was also a part of the screenshot shared by Gabol.
— Nabil Gabol (@Nabilgabol) April 5, 2023
The tone-deaf and factually inaccurate tweet was met with severe backlash. One of the people who spoke up was actor Osman Khalid Butt. Penning his thoughts as four points, the Baaji star wrote, “There was an incredible uproar over Khan sahab’s comments. Comparing your actions/words with someone else’s doesn’t absolve you, it is literally the weakest argument. You don’t need to lose weight, sir, you need to lose your misogynistic, sexist and vile language. Character waqai dheela hai, please thora kheech ke rakhen (your character is, indeed, loose. Please keep it together).”
— Osman Khalid Butt (@aClockworkObi) April 5, 2023