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Gang-rape case prompts Pakistan PM Khan to call for chemical castration

Members of VCare Welfare Trust hold placards during a protest against an alleged gang rape of a woman, in Karachi on September 13, 2020.

Photo credit: Rizwan Tabassum | AFP

What you need to know:

  • Hundreds of women have taken to the streets of cities across Pakistan in recent days after a woman was raped in front of her two children when her car ran out of fuel near the eastern city of Lahore.
  • The case attracted additional anger after a police official seemed to blame the victim because she was driving at night without a male companion.
  • Following last week's incident, Lahore police chief Umar Sheikh faced an angry backlash and calls for his resignation after suggesting the rape was at least partially the victim's fault.

Lahore,

Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan said Monday that the worst sex crimes should be punishable by chemical castration, following an arrest in a gang-rape case that has prompted nationwide protests.