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In conversation with Pakistan Senator Sherry Rehman on the anti-torture bill

In 1990, my younger brother Babar was tortured in police custody. It happened in Lahore after his arrest in another city. In the middle of the day, on a very busy road he was dragged into a police vehicle by a large contingent of uniformed men. No warrant was shown. No explanation was given. A student of Aitchison College and a sportsperson, Babar took great pride in his horsemanship and ability to excel at most outdoor activities. When the Punjab police tortured my brother, my father was serving as a very well-connected, high-level bureaucrat in Lahore, and my older brother was a recent entrant in civil service.

Criminalising torture is the urgent need of the hour, says Sherry Rehman

Criminalising torture is the urgent need of the hour, says Sherry Rehman
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MMA member submits bill against custodial deaths, sexual violence - Newspaper

PESHAWAR: Member of the opposition Muttahida Majlis-i-Amal Inayatullah Khan on Thursday submitted a private member’s bill on the prevention of custodial deaths and sexual violence to the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly seeking life imprisonment and fine up to Rs3 million for the culprits, their abettors and those conspiring to commit these offences. The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Prevention of Torture and Custodial Death Bill, 2021, is expected to be introduced in the next session of the assembly. Section 4(1) of the proposed bill says: “whoever commits, or abets or conspires to commit the offence of custodial death or custodial sexual violence, shall be punished with imprisonment for life and with fine, which may extend to Rs 3 million.”

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