Desk Report
Published: 13 Oct 2020, 12:52 pm
President Abdul Hamid has promulgated an ordinance to increase the maximum penalty for rape from life imprisonment to the death penalty.
Earlier, in a regular meeting on Monday, the Cabinet approved a proposal for the 'Women and Children Repression Prevention (Amendment) Ordinance 2020' to amend the 'Women and Children Repression Act 2000' by including the provision of capital punishment for barbarous crime.