Pakistan, Oct. 28 -- Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz on Tuesday advocated a tit-for-tat response to assault incidents across the province, saying she had advised victims to respond to such attacks in kind.

Addressing a Hon'haar scholarship and laptop distribution ceremony at a university in Mandi Bahauddin, she said that offenders would not be spared even if they belonged to her own party.

She also criticised governing through fear, saying, "Governing through fear is not governance; keep one principle and remain consistent."

Referring to a fatal incident in Multan in which a man ran over an orphaned teenager, she said the incident continued to haunt her. The Punjab chief minister also referred to cases involving violence against a w...