The National Policy for Development and Empowerment of Women, adopted in 2002, contains a section on violence against women which includes the following key policy measures for ending violence against women:

• adopting a zero tolerance policy regarding violence against women;
• declaring "honour killings" as murder;
• reviewing and revising police and medico-legal procedures;
• introducing positive legislation on domestic violence;
• reviewing government policies for women's shelters, improving shelters for women in the public and private sectors, and promoting direct interaction and cooperation between departments/institutions;
• establishing family protection programmes at district level that provide women legal and psychological counseling and referrals to medical and legal aid mechanisms;
• undertaking police reforms to increase the number of women in the police, providing training to them and increasing women's sections in all police stations which are fully equipped to deal with cases by having legal and medical officers and required facilities;
• sensitizing the entire police force on issues of violence against women.

The Ministry of Women Development, in collaboration with provincial and district governments, established federal, provincial and district level monitoring committees.