Mandi Bahauddin: Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz Sharif on Tuesday called for a forceful response to incidents of violence against citizens, saying she had advised victims of assault to respond to their attackers, as she vowed that offenders would face consequences regardless of their political affiliations or influence.

Addressing a Honhaar Scholarship and laptop distribution ceremony at Rasul University in Mandi Bahauddin, Maryam Nawaz delivered an emotional speech highlighting violence against women, the killing of an orphaned teenager in Multan and the provincial government's responsibility to protect vulnerable citizens.

Referring to a widely circulated video of a woman being assaulted while riding a scooter in Lahore, the chief minister said she had personally contacted the victim while she was receiving treatment at a police station. According to Maryam Nawaz, the woman told her that a man had pulled her off her scooter and beaten her with slaps, punches and kicks because he believed she had failed to give him the........

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