Interior Minister Rehman Malik has justified the opposition to a change in law that would allow the criminal age of responsibility in Pakistan to be raised from seven to 12, using another one of his ingenious explanations, this time blaming “curry” the Pakistani children eat, according to a report by Daily Telegraph.
The interior minister said that the nation’s children grew up more quickly than in other countries due to the hot climate and spicy food, according to a report by Daily Mail.
Raising the age to 12 would adhere with United Nations guidelines, but the move is frustrating politicians eager to get the bill passed. The bill, drafted over three years ago, also aims to make child pornography, child trafficking and sexual abuse illegal, for the first time. Minister of Human Rights Mustafa Nawaz Khokhar said Pakistan could be subjected to international sanctions if it failed to raise the minimum age for prosecutions.
Spicy foods instigate juvenile crime: Malik
