ISLAMABAD: Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) Chairperson Dr Qibla Ayaz on Wednesday said the country's police were not aware of the severity of the child sexual abuse cases prevalent in society and needed to be trained and sensitised towards the issue.
"Special cells should be set up where properly trained police officers should oversee cases," Dr Ayaz said, adding that there were similar special cells to deal with cases of racism in the UK.
"These special courts held hearings over cases of racism day and night that helped end racial crimes," he added.
Earlier today,Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly Speaker Mushtaq Ahmed Ghani had recommended that convicted child sexual abusers be executed publicly.
Speaking at an event held at the Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) to discuss the measures to prevent such crimes, he had said: "We want convicted child sexual abusers to be executed publicly.
"If that is not possible, then videos of the sentence being carried out should be made and distributed to people in order to curb such crimes."
"The aim is to not just award punishments but bring reform in the society as well," the KP lawmaker had said, adding that an awareness campaign would be launched for the public following the new legislation.
Even "Prime Minister Imran Khan wants convicted child sexual abusers to be executed publicly", he had claimed, adding that consultations were underway to review the Supreme Court's 1994 decision to ban public executions.
Ghani said it was yet to be figured out if a review petition could be filed after such a long time but stressed that he would go ahead on behalf of the KP Assembly if there was a legal provision to do so.
"Children are the future of the nation [but] the number of cases of child sexual abuse and murder are rising," he had noted. "The KP Assembly has decided to catch these monsters."