Senate Standing Committee on Interior approved two bills relating to human dignity.
The approved bills against the desecration of corpses and the public hanging of paedophiles focused on human dignity were approved by the Senate committee chaired by Senator Rehman Malik.
The bill against the desecration of corpses was tabled by Senator Javed Abbasi.
Addressing the participants, he said that the incidents of desecration of dead bodies have seen a rise across the country.
He stressed that all such offenders should get stringent punishment.
Senator expressed if the tabled bill was not passed, the people sitting in the panel would also have to be in the graves one day.
The Committee Chairman Senator Rehman Malik instructed to fortify all graveyards by erecting boundary walls around the premises.
He expressed that such crimes were unfortunate and the desecrators should meet an exemplary fate.
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He suggested that the punishment of rape with a corpse should be the same as it is for rape with an alive person.
Child abuse bill
Senate Standing Committee on the interior also approved the bill regarding the public hanging of paedophiles.
Expressing concerns, the convener expressed that the child abuse cases were surging in Pakistan.
The committee had taken notice of Zainab’s rape and killing and pursued the case until the rapist was hung.
Senator Rehman Malik said that paedophiles must be made an example and punishments should be used as deterrence.
However, Senator Shahzad Waseem from Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) opposed the bill and pointed out that two ordinances had already been notified by the government.
This led to a fracas between the committee chairman and Senator Shahzad.
Senator Rehman Malik said that the bills would be referred to the parliament with ordinances clubbed.
He added that the incumbent government possessed the right to oppose any bill in the house.
Senator Waseem demanded that the bill should not be approved until the quorum was complete.
He added that there should be no drama in the name of the committee meetings if the bills had to be bulldozed like this and walked out of the meeting.