Jammu, April 24: The Jammu and Kashmir cabinet on Tuesday approved the draft of an amendment to be submitted to the state's Governor for promulgation of an ordinance, which provides for death penalty to rapists of children.
Official sources said in winter capital Jammu that the Criminal Law Ordinance 2018 (Amendment) and Jammu Kashmir Protection of Children from Sexual Violence were approved by the cabinet which met on Tuesday in Jammu.
"The ordinance to be promulgated by the state Governor would be at par with the central government law on death to accused found guilty of raping a victim up to 12 years of age. Those guilty of raping a victim, aged between 13 and 16, will get death penalty. The amendment seeks that the investigations in rape and sexual assault cases would be carried out by women police officers and these would be completed with two months. Thereafter, the trial court will complete the trial within six months," said an informed source.
The J&K government has come up with its amendment to the criminal law to bring it at par with the similar amendment made recently by the central government.
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Pakistan reports two more polio cases. Total tally now 52
ISLAMABAD: At least two more cases of poliovirus were reported in Pakistan, taking the number of infections to 52 so far this year, a report said on Friday.
“The Regional Reference Laboratory for Polio Eradication at the National Institute of Health has confirmed the detection of two more wild poliovirus type 1 (WPV1) cases in Pakistan," an official statement said.
The fresh infections — a boy and a girl — were reported from the Dera Ismail Khan district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province.
“Genetic sequencing of the samples collected from the children is underway," the statement read. Dera Ismail Khan, one of the seven polio-endemic districts of southern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, has reported five polio cases so far this year.
Of the 52 cases in the country this year, 24 are from Balochistan, 13 from Sindh, 13 from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, and one each from Punjab and Islamabad.
There is no cure for polio. Only multiple doses of the oral polio vaccine and completion of the routine vaccination schedule for all children under the age of five can keep them protected.
