An Indian lady has claimed {that a} Pakistani High Commission worker had sought sexual favours from her in trade for issuing a visa to journey to Pakistan. The official allegedly touched her inappropriately and requested questions on her sexuality. He additionally requested her to make anti-India feedback on social media in trade of getting a Pakistani visa.
According to a report by Times Now, the lady, a professor, alleged that the Pakistani official held her hand and requested her if she was married. She additionally alleged that the staffer informed her that they’ll marry 4 instances, if bored.
Indian lady alleges sexual harassment by a Pakistani officer inside High Commission in Delhi in March 2022.
“Staff member asked me what do I do to fulfill my sexual desires. I got really uncomfortable”, Complainant narrates her ordeal to @RishabhMPratap#PakistanHighComission pic.twitter.com/2VP8ujCTCI
— TIMES NOW (@TimesNow) January 12, 2023
The lady mentioned, “I went to Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi in March 2021 and June last year. I was asked to wait in a lounge and then after some time, I was told that a visa cannot be granted as the then Pakistan government was not stable as a no-confidence motion was passed against the then prime minister Imran Khan. When I was leaving the office, a person, who identified himself as Asif, approached me and said that ‘I would have granted a visa to you if you had come to me’ and asked me to go back to the lounge and wait there.”
She added, “He later called me to another room in the same corridor and I sat there. He (Asif) said that a visa officer will come by 2 pm. Then he started talking to me in general about my visa requirement, and I kept answering. Then he asked if I was married which was a generic question and I replied ‘no sir I’m not married’, then he asked ‘why? what happened?’ He then asked ‘what do you do to fulfil your sexual desire’. I got a little uncomfortable.”
The lady additional alleged, “He also asked do you have somebody to have sex with, do you have somebody with whom you go out, can you have an extramarital affair. I got up and asked him to call the visa officer.”
The lady added that the Pakistani official had urged her to put in writing feedback on social media in opposition to India, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Kashmir. She mentioned that she needed to go away the room when the officer began the ‘pervert’ talks, however he continued for round 20 minutes earlier than she may go away. When she needed to go away the room, he maintain her hand and requested her to remain again, persevering with along with his questions on her sexuality. She mentioned she need to go away, however he insisted that she ought to proceed. After round 20-25 minutes, she was in a position to exit the embarrassing scenario.
The lady had utilized for a Pakistani visa after she was sponsored to go to a gurdwara in Lahore to attend an occasion. She was additionally scheduled to ship a lecture at a unique venue. The lady has written a letter to External Affairs minister S Jaishankar detailing the incident and in search of justice.
