Islamabad:Cynthia D. Ritchie, an American blogger based in Pakistan, has alleged that she was raped in 2011 by the country's then-interior minister Rehman Malik and accused former PM Yousaf Raza Gillani of psychically manhandling her.
In a video broadcast live on Facebook, she also alleged that two senior PPP leaders including former Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gillani physically manhandled her when he was staying at the President's House.
Cynthia is in the social media team of Prime Minister Imran Khan.
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Levelling serious allegations she posted a series of tweets, giving out further details. "Occurred at IM's house in min enclave 2011 around the OBL incident. I thought it a meeting about my visa but I was given flowers/ a drugged drink. I kept quiet - who in PPP gov't would help me against PPP IM? Recently they attacked family; I've had it. Ready to face any accuser," she said in a tweet.
Further, she claimed of having informed about the same to someone in the US embassy, but due to fluid situation, she said the response was less than adequate.
"And, yes, I did tell someone at the UsEmb in 2011, but due to fluid situation and 'complex' relations between the US and Pakistan, the response was less than adequate. I've been engaged to a wonderful man who I met in Pakistan. He encouraged me to speak out, so we can move on as a couple," she said.