The Pakistani government has passed a new ordinance on rape following months of protests after the gang rape of a woman in front of her two children as her car ran out of fuel in a deserted highway near Lahore in September.
Signed on Tuesday 15 December 2020 by President Arif Alvi, the new anti-rape ordinance authorizes the creation of special courts for rape trials to be completed within four months, to “help expedite cases of sexual violence against women and children”.
“The ordinance will help expedite cases of sexual abuse against women and children. Special courts will be set up across the country to expedite trials and cases of rape suspects as soon as possible,” President Arif Alvi said in a tweet.
“A register of perpetrators of rape will be prepared at the national level. The ordinance prohibits the identification of rape victims and makes it a punishable offense,” he added.
Lawmakers had earlier considered public hanging for those convicted of the sexual abuse and killing of children, PM Imran Khan proposed chemical castration of those convicted in the most brutal rape cases.
To PM Khan, punishment of rape convicts by public hanging could cost Pakistan preferential trade status with the European Union.
Meanwhile the text of the new legislation was yet to not be released, the country's justice minister said penalties would include both death penalty and chemical castration.
The ordinance will remain valid for 120 days until it be ratified by parliament.
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