Video Of Politician Zartaj Gul Asking Pakistan Assembly Speaker To Stop Avoiding Eye Contact Viral

Pakistani politician and former minister in Imran Khan’s cabinet Zartaj Gul sparked a row in Parliament when she asked the Speaker of Parliament not to avoid eye contact while speaking. The video of the recent conversation in which Zartaj asked the Speaker of Parliament to put on his glasses and look at her went viral. Pakistani media circulated a video showing the process that took place recently.

“My party leaders have taught me to speak by looking into the eyes. I cannot continue speaking if you avoid eye contact in this way. Put on your glasses, sir,” Zartaj Gul told Speaker of Parliament Ayaz Sadiq. “I am a leader. I have received 1.5 lakh votes. If you do not listen to me, I cannot speak to you either,” Zartaj Gul said.

“I will listen but will not make eye contact as it does not look good to make eye contact with a woman,” the speaker said.

“If you ignore 52% of women like this, then only select people will come here,” Zartaj Gul said. The speaker said he does not look women in the eye.

Zartaj Gul is a Pakistani politician who served as Minister of State for Climate Change in Imran Khan’s ministry from October 5, 2018, to April 10, 2022, when Imran Khan was removed by a no-confidence vote. She remained a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan from August 2018 to January 2023. In 2024, Zartaj Gul was re-elected from Dera Ghazi.

Gul ran for the National Assembly of Pakistan as a PTI candidate from constituency NA-172 (Dera Ghazi Khan-II) in the 2013 Pakistani general election. She received 38,643 votes against 49,142 votes of Hafiz Abdul Kareem and lost the seat.

In the 2018 Pakistani general election, she was elected to the National Assembly as a PTI candidate from NA-191 (Dera Ghazi Khan-III). She received 79,817 votes and lost to Awais Leghari.