MUZAFFARABAD: The cabinet of the Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJ&K) on Thursday approved a bill proposing a death penalty for those found guilty of sexually abusing children.
AJK minister Ahmed Raza Qadri presented the bill to the Cabinet Committee. The bill calls for the death penalty of those convicted of carrying out sexual abuse against children.
Following the cabinet’s approval, the bill will now be presented to the AJK assembly. If the assembly passes the bill, it will become a law.
TOP