Islamabad:
First Lady and MNA Aseefa Bhutto-Zardari have condemned the murder of 17-year-old social media influencer Sana Yousaf and claimed that the tragedy must not be allowed to scare young girls or discourage them from pursuing their ambitions.
Aseeefa expanded a gloomy reflection of the violence that women and girls were about to assert their autonomy, and expanded heartfelt compassion to Sana’s family, the wider chitral society and all the grieving the meaningless killing.
“Sana was just a girl – with ambitions with dreams, with a life in front of her,” Aseefa said in a statement. “She had all the right to live freely and safely. What happened to her was not just an act of violence – it was a punishment for saying no. And it had to horrify any of us.”
Aseefa pointed out that the violence from male right was not a new phenomenon or an isolated, saying it must no longer be excused under the pretext of cultural or traditional values.
“This mindset that a woman’s rejection is an insult that her choice needs to be controlled – it’s old, it’s cruel, and it kills our daughters. My mother, Shaheed Benazir Bhutto, broke these walls with her own strength.
In response to the social media comment that occurred after Sana’s death, some of which seemed to blame her for her online presence, Aseefa rejected any attempt to justify violence through victim-foaming tales.
“There is nothing – no app, no photo, no video – that apologizes for murder. It’s disturbing to see people using Sanas Tiktok -Presence to explain her death. If it’s logic, we say millions of girls over Pakistan are also in danger? This kind of thinking is not just dangerous – it’s inhuman.”
“To any girl who looks at this, unfold – don’t let them dampen you. You have the right to dream, to talk, to exist without fear. Not back. If you do, they win. But if we continue to push forward – together – we will shape a country where girls do not owe to their own deaths, but are celebrated for their lives.”
Earlier this month, 17-year-old Sana Yousaf was shot and killed in Islamabad.
