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  • 9/16/2023
For the first time in its history, Pakistan has a Miss Universe contestant. But the bigger question is whether Pakistan will make it difficult for her to take part. The crowning of Karachi-based Erica Robin at a resort in the Maldives has the caretaker government hopping mad and fundamentalists outraged. From Prime Minister Anwaar-Ul-Haq Kakar to the foreign office to the intelligence bureau—Pakistan’s administration is looking into how this ‘disaster’ unfolded. How can a woman of Pakistan, represent the nation at an international stage?

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00:00 For the first time in its history, Pakistan has a Miss Universe contestant.
00:10 But the bigger question is whether Pakistan will make it difficult for her to take part.
00:14 The crowning of Karachi-based Erica Robyn at a resort in the Maldives has the caretaker
00:19 government hopping mad and fundamentalists outraged.
00:23 From Prime Minister Anwarul Haqqakar to the Foreign Office to the Intelligence Bureau,
00:28 Pakistan's administration is looking into how this disaster unfolded.
00:32 How can a woman of Pakistan represent the nation at an international stage?
00:37 The competition was organized by Dubai-based company Yujin Group, which announced in March
00:42 that it had acquired the rights to Miss Universe Pakistan.
00:45 Yujin said it would be responsible for sending the first Pakistani representative to the
00:50 global Miss Universe competition, the most prestigious international beauty pageant held
00:55 every year since 1952.
00:57 This year's Miss Universe competition is scheduled to be held in November in El Salvador.
01:02 This year's Miss Universe will for the first time ever feature a Pakistani woman who will
01:07 take part in the global competition among contestants from over 90 countries.
01:12 Robyn was crowned Miss Universe Pakistan after beating four other finalists who were selected
01:17 from a pool of over 200 contestants from around the world, the organizers said.
01:21 "I am honored and humbled to be the first ever Miss Universe Pakistan and I want to
01:26 highlight the beauty of Pakistan," Robyn wrote on Instagram.
01:29 "We have a beautiful culture that the media is worth talking about.
01:33 Pakistani people are very generous, kind and hospitable," she added.
01:36 The Pakistani model invited people to try the country's sumptuous cuisines and explore
01:41 Pakistan's snow-capped mountains, its greeneries and progressive landscapes.
01:47 Now PM Anwarul Haq Qaqqar has Pakistan's foreign ministry trying to understand how
01:52 the event, which many have called a shameful act and an insult and exploitation of women
01:58 of Pakistan, was being held in the name of Pakistan.
02:03 According to the Dawn report, religious scholar Taqi Usmani was among the first to take offense,
02:09 insisting that the government take notice and proceed against those responsible for
02:13 the pageant.
02:14 He also demanded that the impression that these women were representing Pakistan should
02:19 be dispelled.
02:20 The report further said journalist Ansar Abbasi also raised a similar gripe, asking
02:25 which government functionary had approved sending Pakistani women to participate in
02:30 the beauty pageant.
02:31 While the Karachi-based Erika Robyn invited the world to Pakistan to try the most sumptuous
02:35 Pakistani cuisines and explore the enchanting nature, the snow-capped mountains, the greeneries
02:41 and the progressive landscapes, the theocratic government of Pakistan has withdrawn clearance
02:46 and acknowledgement of their first ever Miss Universe contest.
02:50 Pakistan's local news outlets have informed that the Miss Universe Pakistan has only suffered
02:54 severe indignation on social media and from governmental ranks casting aspersions on Erika
03:00 Robyn representing Pakistan in the Miss Universe competition.
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