Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Parvez Elahi has said violence against women is a criminal act and made it clear that any brutality or oppression against women is intolerable.
In his message, the CM said “we must stop all types of violence against women in society”.
The religion of Islam gave equal rights to women and there are clear orders about the rights of women in Holy Qur’an’s Surat al-Nisa, he added and pointed out that women were given the right to protection, education, work and freedom of choice by Islam.