Pakistan’s Prime Minister Imran Khan has called for rapists and child molesters to be chemically castrated. He made this known in an interview about a rape that garnered national attention in Pakistan.
In an interview with Hard Talk Pakistan, Khan said that he had discussed possible punishments for the alleged perpetrator with ministers in his cabinet.
According to him, rapists and childmolesters should be hanged publicly. He said that the real statistics of people raped is not known because it’s under-reported. Khan also said that people do not report it due to being scared or ashamed, women are ashamed, no one wants to tell.
However, Khan said that public hanging would not be internationally acceptable and could affect Pakistan’s trading relationship with the European Union. He suggested instead that rapists and child molesters undergo chemical castration, or surgery be performed so they cannot do anything in future.
According to First Information Report, last Thursday, a woman lodged a complaint in Lahore, alleging that she had been gang-raped that night by two men after she ran out of fuel and her car broke down.The woman had called a helpline and was waiting for the police to arrive with fuel when two men raped and robbed her, according to officials.
Police have arrested three men, including one of the alleged rapists. The other, described by police as the mastermind of the group, remains at large.The case is also being investigated by Lahore Police.
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