"Will Not Tolerate This": Pakistan Aurat March Turns Violent In Islamabad
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The Aurat March, a rally conducted every year by women across Pakistan on International Women's Day to voice their grievances and celebrate womanhood turned violent on Wednesday amid clash between the marchers and the police, reported Geo News.
The Aurat March, a rally conducted every year by women across Pakistan on International Women's Day to voice their grievances and celebrate womanhood turned violent on Wednesday amid clash between the marchers and the police, reported Geo News.
A violent fight broke out outside the Press Club as women and transgender people from various fields gathered for the Aurat March rally, where the police beat attendees with batons and allegedly tried to "stop" the rally.
A verbal spat between the participants of the rally and the police occurred after they questioned the large number of transgender people trying to join the rally, the police said, adding that large groups of women were joining the march, reported Geo News.
Women at the march alleged that the police had "tried hard to stop the rally".
