(1) Adopt legislation to criminalize all forms of gender-based violence against women, including domestic violence and marital rape, without exemptions; (2) Adopt a national plan of action to combat all forms of gender-based violence against women, with a particular focus on domestic violence; (3) Introduce systematic capacity-building for judges, prosecutors, police officers and other law enforcement officials on the strict application of criminal law provisions for gender-based violence against women and on gender-sensitive investigation procedures, and introduce mandatory training for medical personnel; (4) Ensure the availability of inclusive and accessible shelters for women who are victims of violence throughout its territory and strengthen medical and psychological support services as well as legal counselling and rehabilitation services, for victims, by providing adequate funding, training staff and regularly monitoring those services; (5) Systematically collect and analyse data on all forms of gender-based violence against women, disaggregated by age, region, disability and relationship between the victim and perpetrator, as well as data on the number of protection orders issued, on prosecutions and on the sentences imposed on perpetrators, and include such data in the next periodic report.

(1) Ensure the effective enforcement of the Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Act and of the Prevention of Smuggling of Migrants Act, including through systematic training for judges, prosecutors, border police, immigration authorities and other law enforcement officials, and strengthen labour inspections, in particular in sectors employing seasonal workers and in private households; (2) Ensure that victims have access to inclusive and accessible shelters and support services, including psychosocial assistance, and effective redress; (3) Strengthen collaboration with the forced marriage units of countries from/to which girls and women are trafficked for the purpose of forced marriage, and ensure their prompt return; (4) Ensure that cases of trafficking are effectively investigated and prosecuted and that those found guilty are adequately punished; (5) Expedite the establishment of a specialized inter-institutional mechanism coordinating action against trafficking at the national level, and allocate adequate human, technical and financial resources to it; (6) Accelerate the adoption of a national action plan to combat trafficking in persons and provide information on its results in its next periodic report; (7) Increase funding for non-governmental organizations running shelters that provide medical, psychological and social reintegration services to victims of trafficking; (8) Continue to raise awareness about the criminal nature and risks of trafficking in women and girls, provide training to the judiciary, law enforcement officers and border police on the early identification of women and girls who are victims of trafficking, and ensure that victims are referred to appropriate services; (9) Provide training on gender-sensitive treatment of trafficking victims to the judiciary, law enforcement officials, social workers and medical professionals working with victims of trafficking; (10) Ensure the collection of disaggregated statistical data on internal and cross-border trafficking, on the number of criminal proceedings initiated, and on the sentences imposed on perpetrators of trafficking-related crimes, and include such data in the next periodic report.

Recalling its previous concluding observations (CEDAW/C/PAK/CO/4, paras. 21 and 22) and joint general recommendation No. 31 of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women/general comment No. 18 of the Committee on the Rights of the Child (2019) on harmful practices, the Committee recommends that the State party adopt a comprehensive strategy to eliminate discriminatory stereotypes and harmful practices, such as child and forced marriage and crimes committed in the name of so-called “honour” (“karo-kari”), which includes awareness-raising and education targeting the general public, parents, religious and community leaders and the media, in collaboration with civil society and women's organizations, on the criminal nature and harmful effects of such practices.

(1) Adopt a bill to amend the Child Marriage Restraint Act to set the minimum age of marriage at 18 years for both sexes without exceptions throughout the State party; (2) Amend the Penal Code to make offences related to forced marriage cognizable and continue raising awareness among all communities and at all levels about the criminal nature and harmful effects of child and forced marriage on the education, health and development of girls; (2) Amend the Muslim Family Laws Ordinance and take all necessary measures to discourage and prohibit polygamy and to ensure the protection of the economic rights of women in existing polygamous marriages; (3) Ensure that the family laws of the different religious communities provide for financial protection for women upon divorce in the form of equal levels of marital support and equitable shares in matrimonial property; (4) Amend or repeal all discriminatory provisions in laws that provide for unequal rights of women with respect to marriage, divorce, guardianship, inheritance and property