A PAKISTANI POPSTAR STOPPED HIS CONCERT AFTER HE NOTICED THAT
THERE WAS A WOMAN BEING SEXUALLY HARASSED NEAR THE FRONT ROW, AND
HE DID WHAT HE COULD TO SAVE HER WHILE ALSO REPRIMANDING THOSE
WHO WERE HARASSING HER.
THE CONCERT WAS HAVING IN PAKISTAN, AND WE DO HAVE VIDEO
OF WHAT HAPPENED COURTESY OF HUFFINGTON POST.
SO WHILE HE WAS REPRIMANDING THEM HE ALSO SAID, HAVE YOU EVER
SEEN A GIRL BEFORE?
AND, ENJOY THE CONCERT WITH DISCIPLINE, IT WILL BE A LONG
SHOW, OTHERWISE IT WILL FINISH SOON.
HE SAID, YOUR MOTHER AND SISTER COULD BE HERE, AS WELL.
I KNOW HE DIDN'T DO IT FOR PR, IT WAS ENORMOUSLY
AUTHENTIC, BUT THAT IS THE BEST PR MOVE I HAVE EVER SEEN.
EVERY GIRL IS GOING TO LOVE HIM FOR THAT.
AND THE WHOLE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT IT.
BY THE WAY ñ
SO IT TURNED OUT GREAT FOR HIM, YOU DO GOOD DEEDS, LOOK AT THAT.
NOW THE REST OF THE WORLD IS TALKING ABOUT WHAT A DECENT
GUY HE IS.
AND SECONDLY, IT'S NOT THAT HARD IS IT?
SO HE SEES A GIRL BEING MANHANDLED, AND HE DECIDES
TO HELP HER.
WE CAN ALL DO THAT, IT'S NOT THAT HARD.
WHAT'S INTERESTING TO ME IS, IT WASN'T UNTIL TWO DOZEN 16 THAT
PAKISTAN FINALLY PASSED LAWS PROTECTING WOMEN, BECAUSE
BEFORE THAT THERE WEREN'T MANY LAWS ON THE BOOKS.
SO, IT'S INTERESTING TO ME THAT, YOU KNOW, CERTAIN CULTURES ñ AND
YOU HAVE TO RESPECT EVERY CULTURE, I CERTAINLY DON'T
RESPECT THIS ñ I GUESS TO MINIMIZE THE IMPORTANCE OF
WOMEN, OR THE SAFETY OF WOMEN SO MUCH THAT SOMEBODY WOULD BE
BRAZEN ENOUGH TO PUBLICLY HARASS WERE SEXUALLY ASSAULT
SOMEONE HAD A CONCERT.
AND I LOVE THAT HE SPOKE OUT AGAINST IT.
THAT WOMAN UNFORTUNATELY WASN'T THE ONLY VICTIM, MANY REPORTS
SAY THAT OTHER FEMALES WERE VICTIMIZED DURING THE CONCERT.
ACCORDING TO PAKISTANI NEWS, THE VENUE WAS CROWDED WITH
TRESPASSERS AND MANY WOMEN WERE HARASSED THROUGHOUT THE SHOW.
SO OBVIOUS THEY HAVE TO GO A LONG WAY IN CHANGING WHAT GOES
ON IN PROTECTING WOMEN, BUT I LOVE THAT YOU HAVE A PUBLIC
FIGURE IN PAKISTAN TOOK A STAND.
AS YOU WERE SAYING, AND I THOUGHT OH NO, I HOPE THIS
DOESN'T BACKFIRE, SOME THE END RESULTS DON'T TARGET HIM WERE
WHATEVER.
THIS IS A PROBLEM IN A LOT OF PARTS OF THE WORLD.
OF COURSE RIGHT NEXT TO PAKISTAN IS INDIA, AND THEY SHARE SOME OF
THE CULTURE, AND DON'T SHARE OTHERS.
ALTHOUGH, THERE'S A TON OF MUSLIMS IN INDIA AS WELL.
BUT IN INDIA THEY HAD AN ISSUE WITH RAPE, AND MOLESTATIONS ON
BUSES AND PUBLIC AREAS, AND THEN A LOT OF FOLKS ROSE UP AND BEGAN
TO DEMAND CHANGE.
THAT HAS ALSO BEGAN IN PAKISTAN, WE HOPE IT PICKS UP STEAM,
AND IT'S HEROES LIKE THIS THAT HELPED CHANGE THE CULTURE.
BECAUSE LOOK ñ I DON'T MEAN THIS IN A CLINICAL WAY, I JUST MEAN
BY NATURE CONSERVATIVES LIKE THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE.
THEY LIKE HERITAGE, TRADITION, ETC.
I LIKE TRADITION, THAT PART OF ME IS CONSERVATIVE, SO IT'S
NOT LIKE I DON'T UNDERSTAND YOU.
BUT NOT EVERYTHING THAT WAS IN THE PAST IS GREAT, AND NOT
EVERYTHING PART OF YOUR HERITAGE OR CULTURE IS GREAT.
WHEN YOU TALK ABOUT THAT YOU ARE TALKING ON PEOPLES ñ TALKING TO
PEOPLE'S IDENTITY, SO THEY GET ñ YOU ARE TALKING TO PEOPLE'S
IDENTITY, SO PEOPLE GET VERY SENSITIVE.
THERE ARE CERTAIN COMPONENTS OF YOUR CULTURE THAT SUCK.
THE FACT THAT PAKISTAN DIDN'T CRIMINALIZE VIOLENCE AGAINST
WOMEN UNTIL LAST YEAR, THAT'S A COMPONENT OF THE CULTURE THAT
SUCKS.
IT'S NOT TO PICK ON ANYONE CULTURE.
OBVIOUSLY THERE'S THE FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION THAT HAPPENS
IN MAINLY AFRICA, BUT IN SOME OTHER PARTS OF THE WORLD AS
WELL.
THERE IS THE KIDNAPPINGS THAT HAPPENED IN SOUTHEAST ASIA.
IT'S AN OLDER MEDIC TRADITION THAT IF YOU WANT TO MARRY A
WOMAN, YOU KIDNAP HER, RAPE HER, AND HER PARENTS, AND TALKING
ñ TALK HER INTO MARRYING YOU.
I KNOW WHERE IT CAME FROM, AND I CAN'T STAND IT.
ALSO, HONOR KILLINGS ARE PART OF PAKISTANI CULTURE IN RURAL
PAKISTAN.
RIGHT, AND IT DOESN'T MEAN THAT EVERYBODY IN PAKISTAN DOES IT,
BUT IT DOES MEAN THAT THERE ARE THINGS TO FIX, AND THE WAY YOU
FIX IT ISN'T JUST BY NECESSARILY YELLING AT PEOPLE, ETC., IT'S
JUST BY DOING THE RIGHT THING.
SO PEOPLE SEE WHAT HE DID HERE, AND THEN HE SERVES AS A
ROLE MODEL.
AND MAYBE IT HAS A RIPPLE EFFECT.
UNTIL VOIL¿, WE HAVE FIXED A PART OF THE CULTURE.
I HOPE SO.
SO IT'S A BEGINNING.
WE AREN'T ANYWHERE NEAR THAT END, BUT THERE IS A LONG WAY TO
GO IN RESPECTING WOMEN, WE'RE NOT ASKING FOR THAT MUCH,
JUST DON'T SEXUALLY ASSAULT THEM IN PUBLIC, WILL WORK ON THE
OTHER STUFF LATER.
IT'S REALLY NOT TOO MUCH
TO ASK FOR.