Women-specific bills passed: Fourteen-year jail term for acid-throwers
Sumera Khan – Express Tribune – Thursday, 15 December 2011 (originally published 12 Dec)
Acid Victim Design Image: Faizan Dawood
ISLAMABAD: Acid victims sitting in the gallery of the upper house witnessed the landmark Senate proceedings in awe.
The Senate unanimously passed two historical bills upholding the rights of women, The Acid Control and Acid Crime Prevention Bill 2010 and The Prevention of Anti-Women Practices (Criminal Law Amendment) Bill 2008, on Monday — indicating the changing status of the Pakistani women.
The bill on Acid control and Acid Crime recommends 14-year to lifetime imprisonment sentences and levies fines up to Rs1 million for the perpetrators of the crime . . .
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