ISLAMABAD – 80 College girls have been sexually harassed at the BahriaCollege in Islamabad.
More than a dozen college students have accused an examiner, appointed byFederal Board of Intermediate and Secondary Education, of sexual abuse andharassment during biology practical at the prestigious Bahria College.
Sadat Bashir, a teacher at Islamabad Model College for Boys in H-9 sectorof Islamabad, allegedly harassed over 80 girls by touching theminappropriately, groping them and threatening to deduct their marks.
One of the ‘victims’, Saba Ali took to the social media to share her ordeallink>:“We were having our practical[s] of HSC Part 2 of Biology and theyconducted it into three different groups. Group 1 had their practical onFriday, group 2 which was our group had practical on Saturday and lastgroup’s practical was on Sunday.”
“We were informed by the first group that the examiner was very strict,didn’t listen to the teachers and he didn’t even let the teachers insidethe laboratory where he had harassed many girls by touching them in betweentheir thighs, some of them on their backs and even on their breasts.
“He groped me twice, once when I went for the model recognition and hetouched my butt and second when I was making the slides. He came behind meand traced my bra strap all the while pretending he was just examining myslide.
“Thirdly when I was doing my frog dissection he came up to me and askedwhat kind of a frog it was. I got extremely nervous and told him it was amale frog to which he very inappropriately replied “It’s a female frogcan’t you see the ovaries, you have them inside you too!” the girl added.
“All of this made me extremely uncomfortable and I had no idea what to do.None of us said anything to him because he kept threatening to deduct ourmarks,” she continued.
Ali received huge support on Facebook where she shared her post:
Meanwhile, a campaign against the alleged molester, #PunishSadatBashir, hasbeen trending on Twitter as well, following the testimonies by 18 girls.
Another girl, who goes by the name of Ushnaa, says she plans on calling andfiling a complaint against the educator.
“It’s not something huge if I do it, but even if 30 people from myfollowers call and complain, it could make a difference,” she wrote in atweet.
Incidents of sexual harassment are on the rise in the country. With socialmedia providing a voice to the vicitms, more and more people are coming upwith their stories and demanding an action against the culprits.
The campaign continues on Facebook and Twitter and is being encouraged byvarious celebrities as well, including Meesha Shafi who recently spokeabout being sexually harassed at the hands of fellow singer Ali Zafar.
As many as 11 cases of child sexual abuse are reported from across Pakistanevery day, according to data collected by non-governmental organisationSahil.
Last week, a schoolteacher was arrested for attempting to rape anine-year-old girl in Gujjar Khan area of Punjab.