Prime Minister Imran Khan had promised to speed up justice for rape survivors in response to a series of assaults that have spurred demands that the government impose the death penalty in rape cases. The woman attacked on a highway outside Lahore had run out of gas while on a journey with her children in September. Rape victims are routinely bullied by authorities to drop their complaints, and cases are rarely solved, according to a US State Department report published last year on human rights in Pakistan. Speaking out about rape remains taboo in Pakistan, a conservative country, but activists, especially on social media, have drawn greater attention to crimes against women in recent years. “I went through a tough time because there was no law against rape in the country then,” Mai said.

Source: bd News24 December 16, 2020 17:26 UTC