Peshawar
\nThe Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet has approved on Tuesday death penalty for child abusers after approval of Child Protection and Welfare Amendment Act 2020 by the provincial cabinet which will be practiced after approval by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly.
\nAccording to details, provincial cabinet\u2019s meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, attended by cabinet members, Chief Secretary and other officials.
\nCabinet also approved 14-years sentence and five million penalties for the accused involved in child pornography and 10-years sentence for those involved in harassment and blackmailing through videos and filming. After the approval of the Act, the criminals involved in child trafficking will be sentenced upto 25-years and fined Rs.5 million.
\nBriefing Media persons about the decisions of the Cabinet Provincial minister for higher Education Kamran Bangash said the Act was approved following recommendations by a special committee for Child Protection which recommended amendments in the Child Protection 2010. \u201cAmended act has suggestion for exemplary punishment for the child abusers which include death penalty, life term imprisonment and huge penalty and there would be no concession in the punishment granted under the Act. The police will be authorized audio video evidence and DNA tests during the investigation and presentation in the court of law as evidence.\u201d Bangash added.
\n\u201cConvict\u2019s names will be displayed on Child Protection Commission Website and entered in the special register; there would not be a complete ban on providing employment in public \u2013 private sectors on these convicts while they would also be not allowed to use public transport. The owner or head of any organization providing jobs to the child abusers will be imprisoned for 5-years and fined Rs.10 million or both.\u201d Bangash further briefed media about the act.
\nMoreover, cabinet also approved 10-marla plots each for journalists\/members of Peshawar Press Cub in News Peshawar Valley (Gandhara City) as well as establishment of Information Complex in News Peshawar Valley, Kamran Bangash said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Peshawar The Khyber Pakhtunkhwa cabinet has approved on Tuesday death penalty for child abusers after approval of Child Protection and Welfare Amendment Act 2020 by the provincial cabinet which will be practiced after approval by the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly. According to details, provincial cabinet\u2019s meeting was held under the chairmanship of Chief Minister Mahmood Khan, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":230257,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[2],"tags":[1084,1083,1082],"class_list":{"0":"post-230238","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-top-news","8":"tag-child","9":"tag-death","10":"tag-kp-government"},"yoast_head":"\n