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Pakistani PM Imran Khan wants chemical castration for rapists
Khan said he was shocked that most crimes in Pakistan was sex related. Photo: www.facebook.com/ik.Photos

Pakistani PM Imran Khan wants chemical castration for rapists

Bangladesh Live News | @banglalivenews | 15 Sep 2020, 06:05 am
Dhaka, September 15: Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan has said rapists should be either publicly hanged or chemically castrated, while answering a question about the recent motorway rape that stirred protests in the national capital, Islamabad, recently.

"They [rapists] should be given exemplary punishments. In my opinion, they should be hanged at the chowk," Khan told Moeed Pirzada during an interview on Monday.

 

"Unfortunately, when we had the discussion, [we were] told it would not be internationally acceptable," the prime minister said.

 

"They said the GSP-Plus trade status given to us by the European Union will be affected," Khan added.

 

The former cricketer-turned-politician said the country could follow other nations and use chemical castrations for rapists.

 

Khan also took potshots at India, calling its capital- New Delhi- the rape capital of the world. According to the Pakistani Prime Minister, the city witnessed an increase in crimes against women due to growing obscenities in Bollywood, the Mumbai-based movie industry.

 

"World history tells when you increase fahashi [vulgarity] in the society, two things happen: sex crimes increase and the family system breaks down," he said.