ISLAMABAD: Chief Justice of Pakistan Justice Mian Saqib Nisar has taken notice of the gang rape of a 12-year-old girl in Karachi.
The action follows media reports that a girl a resident of Kandhkot town in Sindh was working as a maid at a house in Karachi where she was allegedly intoxicated and gang-raped.
The CJ has called a repon from the Sindh inspector general of police within a week.
The National Assembly Standing Committee on Human Rights directed the Ministry of Human Rights to get details of the incident and submit a report at the earliest.
Committee chairman Babar Nawaz Khan said such incidents could only be eradicated by ensuring strict action against the accused.