The women customers feel a sense of fear as they look at the hooded mannequins donned in elaborate dresses. "When I see them, I feel that these mannequins are also captured and trapped, and I get a sense of fear. I feel like I see myself behind these shop windows, an Afghan woman who has been deprived of all her rights," a woman shopping at the Lycee Maryam Street was quoted as saying.
Regarding Afghan refugees' plight, PTM's leader Manzoor Pashteen tweeted, "Afghan girls are deprived of knowledge in Afghanistan and innocent Afghan girls are imprisoned in Pakistan". In response to this tweet, a Sindh Government Minister questioned these claims.
Pakistan has historically followed a "Strategic Depth Policy" towards Afghanistan, whereby it attempts to control the country as a political pawn and strategic hedge vis-a-vis India.
The rise of the Taliban in Afghanistan has given these terror attacks by TTP a boost. But the Pakistan government seems reluctant to take action against them,