Gazette publication of Women and Child Abuse Suppression Act

The government has issued the ‘Women and Children Violence Protection (Amendment) Ordinance’ by amending the ‘Women and Children Violence Protection Law- 2000’ by imposing the maximum penalty of death for rape. A section of the existing law has been amended to provide for the death penalty in addition to rigorous life imprisonment as punishment for rape. The trial must be completed within 180 days.