Pakistan to set up special courts to tackle violence against women:
A woman chants slogans during a rally to mark International Women's Day in Lahore, Pakistan, on March 8, 2019. LAHORE – Pakistan is to set up more than 1,000 courts dedicated to tackling violence against women, the country’s top judge announced on Wednesday, seeking to target a problem activists say the criminal justice system has long neglected.
“We are going to have 1,016 gender-based violence courts across Pakistan, at least one such court apiece in every district,” Khosa said in an address to fellow judges broadcast on national television. “The atmosphere of these courts will be different from other courts so that complainants can speak their heart without any fear.”
The country was ranked sixth most dangerous for women in a Thomson Reuters Foundation a survey of global experts last year. A pilot court of this kind was opened in 2017 in Punjab, Pakistan’s most populous province. Local High Court Chief Justice Mansoor Ali Shah said at the time that women were the most vulnerable members of society, as one in every three had been a victim of physical or psychological violence. Human rights campaigners said the Lahore court had been a success and welcomed the move to expand the program.
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