Prime Minister Imran Khan, on Wednesday, said that the government will soon introduce a three-tier legislation to curb child abuse and rape crimes. He was addressing a joint-session of Parliament.

While referring to the unfortunate motorway incident, Khan said, "Such incidents ruin the lives of victims and their families also have to suffer." He said that the government will soon introduce a three-tier legislation to make sure the safety of children and women. The legislation will provide a structural frame work for:

1. Registration of sex-offenders
2. Exemplary punishment of offenders
3. And effective policing

In his address, the prime minister pointed out that the primary suspect Abid Ali is a history sheeter and global studies studies suggest that such criminals are often repeat offenders, therefore, it is important to maintain data of such malefactors.

The premier also admitted the obstacles that could hinder the proper implementation of any legislation given that only a very small percentage of such cases were reported to police in the country. Even after the arrest of offenders in rape and child abuse cases, their conviction was not easy in absence of proper prosecution and concrete evidence. In order to overcome this hindrance, another bill is being prepared that would provide witness protection.

On Sept 9, two "robbers" gang-raped a woman on the Lahore-Sialkot motorway while she was waiting with her children for help on the motorway after her car stopped either due to fuel shortage. She called her relative in Gujranwala for help who advised her to call the motorway police while he, himself, left immediately to her rescue and found her terrified with her clothes stained with blood.

As per the police, two armed men found woman alone in her car with her children and forced them to a nearby field at gunpoint and gang-raped her. Punjab Police, in a statement, confirmed the arrests and said that 20 teams of Lahore Police and CIA. The teams are headed by the deputy inspector general of police (investigation), had been constituted on the orders of newly appointed Inspector General Inam Ghani to investigate the case. The police said that they are taking all the necessary measures to catch the culprits.