PTI MNA Iqbal Afridi objects to KE official’s dressing

PTI lawmaker Muhammad Iqbal Afridi on Friday objected to a woman’s outfit during a meeting of a National Assembly standing committee.

Afridi objected to the attire of a high-ranking K-Electric official who attended the power division committee’s meeting today at Parliament House.

In a statement, the lawmaker said that he raised the issue after the KE official had briefed the panel and left the meeting room.

“She [KE official] should not have attended the meeting in such an outfit”.

Iqbal Afridi further said that “standard operating procedures (SOPs) should be devised for women’s clothing”.

Notably, Afridi’s comments were criticised by fellow lawmakers.

PPP Senator Sherry Rehman said Afridi’s objection to the woman’s dress was “regrettable and condemnable”.

“Who has made male MNAs ‘‘policemen’ on women’s clothing?” she asked in a post on X.

PML-N leader Tariq Fazal Chaudhry also expressed disappointment over Afridi’s remarks, saying that the woman had worn appropriate clothing and that there was nothing objectionable about it.