Tue 16 Apr 2019:
Aftab Iqbal said that a woman who was acting like she was experiencing “hysteria” was in fact suffering from not being married and for having a career.
It’s the year 2019, and @AAPNews‘s Aftab Iqbal is saying that marriage is a solution to mental disorders. Apparently, a 31 year old single woman is likely to develop “hysteria” because being single is unnatural. How can @reportpemra allow such blatant disinformation? pic.twitter.com/Gacbeh6uBM
— Imran Khan (@iopyne) April 13, 2019
“Thirty-one years and not married. Then they complain she makes noises and gets taken over by djinns [spirits],” he said. “This is a pure case of hysteria. You wretched women and your obsession with your careers… this is what happens when you disturb nature.”
Iqbal was talking about fake faith healers on his Khabarzar show on Aap News TV on April 13 when he made the bizarre analysis. The woman’s brother told Iqbal that his sister was too busy attending international workshops to consider marriage.
“Instead of having her attend workshops every other day, get her married,” Iqbal suggested.
Iqbal’s comments were met with fury on social media, as many called him out for being wrong and reminding him that it is 2019.
