There has been an alarming rise in cases of violence against women and children in Pakistan during the past three months.
A periodical report released by an NGO revealed an alarming 200 percent increase in the cases of violence against women in the country.
The report also showed that the crime rate kept fluctuating during the period as 73 percent drop was witnessed during the month of February 2020 but a spike of up to 360 percent was witnessed during the month of March the same year.
The report was made of the data and information collected from national and provincial dailies mainly on crimes regarding early child marriage, child abuse, child labour, domestic abuse, kidnapping, rape, violence against women (VAW).
The report titled “Tracking Crimes against People – A Numeric Tale of Human (In) Security,” also shows that the crime rate kept fluctuating as a 73 per cent drop was witnessed during the month of February but a spike of up to 360 per cent was witnessed during the month of March 2020.
It indicates an exponential growth in rape cases from February to March, 2020 and says that as many as 164 cases of abduction cases were been reported during these three months, whereas violence against women increased by 200 per cent. There was a staggering 142.1 per cent increase of murder cases during the month of March 2020.
