While campaigning for the bill, Khan cited the specific example of a woman who was dragged out of her car while driving along a major Pakistan highway and raped by two men at gunpoint.
The group has been protesting against the Pakistan government for months, demanding the release of its party chief Saad Rizvi who was arrested in April this year.ĬNN-News18 had reported in October that it was the Pakistani army fuelling tensions between the TLP and the Imran Khan government to put the PM on the ‘back foot’. Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has publicly supported the chemical castration bill since last year in response to increased incidents of rape across Pakistan. Khan directed to implement Sugar Factories (Control) Amendment Act 2021, Punjab Prevention of Hoarding Act 2020 and Punjab Registration of Godowns Act 2014 against sugar mafia and hoarders. Imran Khan’s political space has been in danger also due to the poor state of the country’s economy and stretched-out protests by the TLP group, whose demands the Prime Minister was forced to accept, in order to end the violent demonstrations across key stations.Īs part of an agreement, the Pakistani government had last week released hundreds of supporters of Tehreek-e-Labbaik Pakistan (TLP) to end the violent clashes that have resulted in the death of several police personnel. Parvez Khattak from PTI and Shahbaz Sharif from the Pakistan Muslim League (Nawaz) are probable names for the Prime Ministerial post, the sources said.
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Much of the country lives under a so-called “honour” code where women who bring “shame” on their families can be subjected to violence or murder. O nce upon a time, Imran Khan and I used to fight for press freedom together in Pakistan. Victims of sexual abuse are often viewed with suspicion and criminal complaints are rarely seriously investigated in Pakistan. When questioned by Swan about his previous remarks about rape victims, Khan responded saying it was “nonsense” and he was instead referring to Islam’s “concept of purdah” which is to “avoid temptation of society”, often done through covering oneself. His media team later insisted the comments in the national language of Urdu had been misinterpreted. Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan Photograph: Rahmat Gul/APĮarlier this year the prime minister was accused of “baffling ignorance” by one of the country’s top rights groups after he advised women to cover up to prevent rape.