<p>The Pakistan government on Saturday announced to set up an anti-rape crisis cells in the country's every district to curb the menace of rising cases of sexual violence.</p>.<p>The Ministry of Law issued a notification to constitute a 42-member Anti-Rape Ordinance Implementation Committee to supervise the establishment of these cells.</p>.<p>The committee, headed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Maleka Bokhari, has representatives of the Ministries of Human Rights, Health, Interior, the National Database Registration Authority (NDRA) and the provincial forensic agencies.</p>.<p>At the district level, the cell will be headed by the local deputy commissioners and their objective will be to help the victims of rape and sexual assault.</p>.<p>The anti-rape crisis cells aim to help in prompt registration of an FIR, medical examination, forensic analysis and other related issues.</p>.<p>Pakistan introduced the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance 2020 and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 last year in the wake of the outrage after a mother of two was raped by two men in September after her car broke down on a motorway near Lahore during night.</p>.<p>The legislation, among other measures, introduced the concept of chemical castration mainly in the form of rehabilitation and district level bodies to help the victims.</p>.<p>The notification to set up anti-rape crisis cells came just a week after two men involved in the motorway rape case were convicted and given death sentence along with life imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine each.</p>
<p>The Pakistan government on Saturday announced to set up an anti-rape crisis cells in the country's every district to curb the menace of rising cases of sexual violence.</p>.<p>The Ministry of Law issued a notification to constitute a 42-member Anti-Rape Ordinance Implementation Committee to supervise the establishment of these cells.</p>.<p>The committee, headed by Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) lawmaker Maleka Bokhari, has representatives of the Ministries of Human Rights, Health, Interior, the National Database Registration Authority (NDRA) and the provincial forensic agencies.</p>.<p>At the district level, the cell will be headed by the local deputy commissioners and their objective will be to help the victims of rape and sexual assault.</p>.<p>The anti-rape crisis cells aim to help in prompt registration of an FIR, medical examination, forensic analysis and other related issues.</p>.<p>Pakistan introduced the Anti-Rape (Investigation and Trial) Ordinance 2020 and the Criminal Law (Amendment) Ordinance 2020 last year in the wake of the outrage after a mother of two was raped by two men in September after her car broke down on a motorway near Lahore during night.</p>.<p>The legislation, among other measures, introduced the concept of chemical castration mainly in the form of rehabilitation and district level bodies to help the victims.</p>.<p>The notification to set up anti-rape crisis cells came just a week after two men involved in the motorway rape case were convicted and given death sentence along with life imprisonment and Rs 50,000 fine each.</p>