Musharraf under fire for rape remarks

POLITICIANS and rights groups condemned Pakistan President Pervez Musharraf for saying in a US newspaper that rape had become a “money-making concern”, with some Pakistani women believing it was a ticket to settling abroad.

Opposition MP Sherry Rehman said: “It was shocking to read that General Musharraf had publicly aired his low opinion of women.”

Human rights activist Kamila Hyat said: “This is a very frivolous way of looking at rape cases in the country.”