Pakistan Government drops the castration clause from Anti-rape law within 24 hours of declaring it

Effect of opposition by Government organisation, Council of Islamic Ideology

Editorial comment

There is a provision in Islam to kill criminals; hence, the opposition to this punishment doesn’t make sense.

Islamabad (Pakistan) – Pak Government has dropped the clause of castration from the anti-rape law within 24 hours of its declaration. After the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) objected to the punishment describing it as Anti-Islamic, the Government took the law back. CII, which gives an opinion to Pak Parliament on the issues associated with Islam, is a part of the Pak Government. Parliamentary Secretary for Law and Justice, Malika Bokhari, informed that the provision was dropped after the objection of CII.

Pakistan government dropped a clause allowing for chemical castration of convicted rapists, after a council of clerics said such a punishment was against Islam https://t.co/zjeriwKffO

— Arab News Pakistan (@arabnewspk) November 20, 2021

Even though Pak has dropped the clause, other Islamic countries have more stringent punishments for this. In Saudi Arabia, a rapist is beheaded by a sword at a square. Also, sometimes a rapist is stoned or hanged to death. In Iraq, a rapist is killed by stoning.

In North Korea, a rapist is killed by a bullet at the main square.