Romaisa Khan says telling women to leave Pakistan is 'not a real answer'

An actor asks how women can leave when they have no education, no jobs, or no rights, and while their families are still not safe behind them.

Actor and content creator Romaisa Khan rejected the idea that women facing safety issues in Pakistan can just leave the country. She said many women don't have access to education, jobs, or basic rights. In an Instagram video, she said she wishes she could tell every woman to leave, but that's not a realistic fix.

 Going abroad needs education and a job, which many women may not have in the first place. She asked, 'Where is the education, where are the rights for women in this country, for them to even get a proper degree?'

Khan thinks the problem is more than just women not being able to move. She said just getting through a day in Pakistan without something bad happening now feels like a win. 

She described going from one place to another as a constant fight, with families always worrying if their loved ones got home safe or might be attacked the next time they go out.

Khan thinks the problem is more than just women not being able to move. She said just getting through a day in Pakistan without something bad happening now feels like a win. 

She described going from one place to another as a constant fight, with families always worrying if their loved ones got home safe or might be attacked the next time they go out.

Living with that fear, she said, leaves little room for people to have big dreams or make a real difference in the country.

 Khan then focused on the attitudes that make women feel unsafe, asking why society keeps raising men who see women as people to be hidden, not treated as equals.

"There's no need to see a woman on the street as a sexual object," she said, and added that harmful behavior can also happen at home, including toward family and kids who don't even understand what's being done to them.

She also called out men who say they protect women but get upset when women talk about their own safety. She asked, "If you claim to be a protector, why do you get offended when we ask for protection?"

Khan gave examples of violence, like young married women killed by their husbands, schoolgirls killed on their way to class, and children hurt at religious schools or taken while doing simple tasks. 

She said these events make it hard for mothers to feel calm when sending their kids to school.

Khan also mentioned the recent fire at Gul Plaza in Karachi and the blaze at Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences in Islamabad, where 14 newborns died. She said these are examples of how even vulnerable people can be left without enough protection. 

Her comments come as people are again worried about safety and being held responsible after several cases that got a lot of attention and made Pakistani celebrities speak up. She said, "There is no justice, no one is listening," and asked why people should stay hopeful when nothing real seems to happen after such events.

In another post, she repeated her demand for responsibility, saying the country can't just keep losing people and then forget about it. "We want justice. We want accountability. For every woman, every child, every family that has been let down," she wrote. 

Khan also asked officials to set up real safety steps before more victims become just hashtags online. "Justice for those we lost. Protection for those still here," she wrote.

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