LAHORE: Governor Rafiq Rajwana signed on Monday the Protection of Women against Violence Bill to make it a formal law.

The bill had been unanimously passed by the Punjab Assembly on February 24.

The law prohibits torture of wives and bans expulsion of the woman from home in case of a clash with her husband and instead the husband could be banished from home for two days.

The violators will be awarded jail terms and fine, besides installation of trackers on violent husbands on court orders.

Published in Dawn, March 1st, 2016