Nimra Khan recently recounted her narrow escape from a Karachi abduction
Khan posted a video on Instagram in which she said that three guys tried to abduct her as she waited for her car outside a hotel in Phase 8 of the Defence Housing Authority (DHA).
“I am proudly Muslim, but as a Pakistani, I am at a loss for words,” Khan said in the video’s commentary, expressing her pain. With her expression betraying her emotions, Khan raised concerns for the safety of taxpayers like herself, drawing attention to women’s unique obstacles in Pakistan.
She described the terrible moment when three guys approached her in the rain while waiting for her family, who was late. I held my phones and carried my baggage. She said one of the males put a “loaded gun” to her tummy, escalating the kidnapping attempt. Her cries for aid were unanswered.
Nimra said four security personnel nearby did nothing throughout the event. She escaped by shoving her assailants’ motorbike and fled, although her feet were injured. “I could have been shot from behind,” she said.
She survived after running in front of a car, whose passengers aided her. Her rescuers from the hotel took her inside.
She called herself a “victim” and questioned Pakistani women’s safety throughout the video. “Can you trust your sister, mother, wife, or daughter to leave the house safely? I assure you can’t,” she replied, threatening national security and also questioning how the country can celebrate August 14 when ordinary citizens, especially women, are at risk.
Khan expressed her frustration as a taxpayer and public figure, asking why to pay taxes when basic safety is not guaranteed. “I could hire four guards to protect myself instead of wasting money on taxes,” she moaned.
Arshad Hussain