<p id="thickbox_headline">Pakistan has introduced chemical castration as a possible punishment for serial rapists under a law that also calls for faster trials of suspected sexual offenders, a government official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Parliament passed the law on Wednesday and it came into effect immediately, government official Waqar Hussain said.</p>.<p>Chemical castration, carried out by the use of drugs and reversible, is practised in Poland, South Korea, the Czech Republic and some US states.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan said last year he wanted to introduce the penalty amid a national outcry over increasing offences and the specific case of a mother of two driving along a major highway who was dragged out of her car and raped by two men at gunpoint.</p>.<p>Fewer than 3% of rapists are convicted in courts in Pakistan, according to the non-profit organisation, War Against Rape.</p>.<p>Amnesty International has called for investigations into the causes of sexual assaults instead of opting for harsher punishments.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p>
<p id="thickbox_headline">Pakistan has introduced chemical castration as a possible punishment for serial rapists under a law that also calls for faster trials of suspected sexual offenders, a government official said on Thursday.</p>.<p>Parliament passed the law on Wednesday and it came into effect immediately, government official Waqar Hussain said.</p>.<p>Chemical castration, carried out by the use of drugs and reversible, is practised in Poland, South Korea, the Czech Republic and some US states.</p>.<p>Prime Minister Imran Khan said last year he wanted to introduce the penalty amid a national outcry over increasing offences and the specific case of a mother of two driving along a major highway who was dragged out of her car and raped by two men at gunpoint.</p>.<p>Fewer than 3% of rapists are convicted in courts in Pakistan, according to the non-profit organisation, War Against Rape.</p>.<p>Amnesty International has called for investigations into the causes of sexual assaults instead of opting for harsher punishments.</p>.<p><strong>Check out the latest DH videos:</strong></p>