Demonstrators hold a placard next to others during a protest after the gang rape of a woman, in Karachi on September 18, 2020. Photo: AFP
Pakistan's president on Tuesday approved a new anti-rape law which will speed up convictions and launch the country's first national sex offenders registry.
The law, which goes into effect immediately but must be ratified by parliament within three months, was prompted by the gang rape of a mother in front of her children on the side of a motorway in September.
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