Federal Ombudsperson for Protection against Harassment of Women (FOSPAH) at the Workplaces, Kashmala Tariq, on Tuesday, warned men that sending good morning text messages to female was tantamount to harassment.
Addressing a ceremony at Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce, Kashmala Tariq stressed upon gender equality and respectful behaviour from employers. The ombudsperson asked participants to raise awareness among fellow members with respect to workplace harassment.
Kashmala advised women to consider intimidation or stalking via mobile phones, or inappropriate messages at social media, including Facebook and Instagram, like harassment and report any such activity to FOSPAH as it did not solely cater to complaints of sexual harassment.
I said unwelcoming n unwanted text messages n stalking on social media is also harassment. And then I gave examples. Media shall not take just one line out of context pls.
— Kashmala Tariq (@kashmalamna) March 19, 2019
Some people stated that this entire idea seems ridiculous. Here are a few reactions by people on Twitter:
I still can't believe Kashmala Tariq was serious while saying that!
— Aimen (@chalo_khair) March 19, 2019
Its ridiculous comment by kashmala tariq that deserve to be trolled????
— ❌anti-racist❌ (@ZymshahS) March 19, 2019
