Islamabad: Pakistan's women parliamentarians have unanimously demanded the public execution of all rapists to reduce the growing number of cases of harassment of women and children in the country.
The demand was made in the National Assembly by women members of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) and Pakistan People's Party (PPP), according to a local newspaper.
Opposition PML-N's Syeda Noshin Iftikhar said, "We, the seven women representatives, demand speedy verdict in rape cases and hanging of rapists in public."
The women MPs also called for the formation of a parliamentary committee to review rape cases. Asma Qadir, a lawyer for Prime Minister Imran Khan's party, said rapists and murderers should be hanged in public if Pakistan is to be governed properly.
Qadir wept as he talked about the recent murder of the daughter of former ambassador Shaukat Mukadam by his own friend in a rape case in Islamabad and the increasing cases of harassment of women and children.
The issue of violence against women needs to be addressed by lawyers. Mukadam was brutally murdered this month by the son of a business tycoon in a posh area of Islamabad. The killer has been arrested. Preliminary reports indicate that Mukadam was murdered by her friend after she was provoked into demanding marriage.
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