By: ANEES JlLLANI
Punjab`s child protection law
THE shocking rape-murder of little Zainab earlier this year was preceded by the exposure of a massive child pornography ring in the same district in 2015. We reacted with similar horror then, but the culprits have yet to be punished. Such crimes take place in all countries, people might say. But incident rates vary vastly depending to a large extent on which country has enacted good laws.
Laws in Pakistan are drafted in English, the standards of which have steadily deteriorated. We get by mostly with the use of cut, copy and paste functions. Draf ting is an art that requires excellent command of the language and adherence to certain principles of legalese. In legislation, not even a punctuation mark can be changed unless through amendment once it has been passed by parliament.