A case of harrassment
This incident happened while I was traveling with Faisal Movers on the 6:10 bus with my friend Jamal Bayar on the M-2 motorway from Lahore to Islamabad. The bus hostess was doing her usual job of handing out chilled water bottles to us until she reached the man sitting right behind me in the green shalwar kameez very rudely asked her for another bottle to which she replied that she cannot give more than one to a customer.
He snatched two bottles off of her tray and started abusing her very nastily to which the hostess replied that she cannot give special treatment to any specific traveler because it would be a disservice to the others. He shouted to her " Tu kon hoti hai mujhe ye kehne wali mein beshak 5 uthaun mein customer hun mein jo marzi karun".
She was visibly agitated when she heard this and said ke ap ko mene nai deni aur tum mere walid nai ho to order me around. He started shouting at her to shutup and that
"Mein tumhe iss bus se phenk dunga aur tumhe yahan se lejaunga kaheen aur phir jo karunga tumharay sath wo dekhna(rape) and started abusing her with a string of swear words. At this she burst into tears and me and the fellow passengers calmed her down while we had a heated argument about his conduct until the bus stopped and the motorway police came.
The elderly female police official was about to kick him off until the man said that he's from the FIA and he will not spare anyone who tries to complain against him. Hearing this, she tried to defuse the situation by making him say sorry and stay on the bus but the hostess wouldn't accept the apology and other customers including me demanded to the police that we wouldn't let the bus go until this vile man was thrown off.
Still the motorway police hesitated and tried to go but the hostess refused to let them budge and proceeded to demand to file a harrassment case against the man.
Me and all passengers stepped outside the bus with her and talked to the motorway police to get him off no matter what he might be from or what his rank might be.
Finally, they relented and the man was taken off with a harrassment suit filed against him and he muttered curses at the entire bus and demanded the numbers of everyone saying he'd deal with them.
A discussion ensued about how this incident was wasting the other passengers time and we should have let the motorway police let him off with an apology at the cost of our journey time while the other side(us) argued that we needed to speak up against incidents like these no matter what because if we fail to act, we will let men like these boss and abuse women all around with no thoughts whatsoever for the consequences of that.
No woman should ever have to face such behavior in any phase of life from any man and unfortunately if they do, it is our duty as eyewitnesses and bystanders to take charge and speak up against whats wrong. After all, this could happen to our sisters, mothers and female relatives as well. It is also high time that our police officials stop being afraid of men in federal institutions exerting their power and influence for wrong purposes and exploiting that to intimidate state officials.
I'm proud of my fellow passengers especially the guys for standing up for her and dealing with the situation at hand admirably and refusing to budge until justice was served. This is the naya Pakistani society we should all strive to build and build together by condemning and canceling assholes like him.
P.S the bus hostess came by and was beaming with happiness and thanked me and the others for supporting her and this honestly made my day.
The videos are made by my friend Jamal who wasn't able to record the altercation, but the post footage of the man lying to the motorway police with me in red trying to tell them otherwise, threatening them and then the police eventually taking him off with the passengers speaking against him
