Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi has assured the international community that Pakistan is taking “legislative initiatives” to curb violence against women.

Addressing a high-level meeting on the 25th anniversary of the World Conference on Women on Thursday, he also said that the National Action Plan on Human Rights had ‘protection of women’ as one of its key priority areas.

“Through legislative initiatives, we are continuously addressing the issues of violence against women, domestic abuse, harassment, social and property rights protection,” Mr Qureshi said, adding that the government had also set up protection centres and a 24-hour helpline (1099) to provide free legal advice, redressal and referral mechanism to women.

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