*ISLAMABAD – **Pakistani Parliament seek death penalty for the ChildRapists.*
*The National Assembly approved a resolution seeking the death penalty forchild rapists.*
Minister of State Ali Muhammad Khan moved the resolution in the assembly onFriday. He told fellow MNAs that Prime Minister Imran Khan wanted the deathpenalty for people convicted of raping children.
He said when the Zainab Alert Bill was presented in the assembly’s StandingCommittee on Human Rights some people opposed the death penalty for childrapists. However, the government still wants a law imposing the deathpenalty on child rapists, he said.
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Khan asked the opposition whether they were ready to support this bill. Hesaid NGOs generally oppose the bill.
The PPP has opposed the bill. Raja Pervaiz Ashraf said Pakistan is asignatory to the UN Charter and the world will not accept this.