Child abuse in Pakistan
Pakistan ranks third in online child abuse.
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Child sexual abuse
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Pakistan .
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[17] The estimated child abuse in Pakistan is more than 12 per day,
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[24] in which out of total reported cases of child abuse in Pakistan 2,325 victims were girls (55%) and 1,928 (45%) boys.
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164 cases of
sexual abuse ,
[24] 984 abductions,
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missing children
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child marriage cases are reported.
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In 2022 a total 4,253 cases of child abuse were reported, half of them were sexual abuse.
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[20] In 2023, the total number of abuse victims was 2,227,
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[21] more than half among them 54% were girls.
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In a report named cruel numbers compiled by Sahil an NGO working in Pakistan on child protection and special focus on sexual abuse,
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[24] a total number of 53 pornographic cases
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dark web .
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In
Sindh , the highest (483) number of cases of
child abuse were reported,
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[21] the second highest number of cases (233) were reported in
Punjab .
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Poverty and
inflation is a big factor in people sending their children to work, or selling them to people who use them as
labor , sex slaves. A major obstacle is that child abuse has become common in Pakistan.
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Pakistani parliament passed a new law against child abuse in 2020.
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Domestic violence
Domestic violence against children and
child marriage in Pakistan has also been reported.
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Religion conversion
Cases of
forced religion conversion of minor girls are also reported.
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Sexual abuse
In August 2023, Fatima Phuriro,
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Ranipur .
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[61] Postmortem report confirmed the torture and rape.
[62] In a statement by the lawyer of Fatima Phuriro, Pir Asad Shah Jilani has been allegedly accused to sell out the live video of sexually abused child on the
Dark web .
[19] Additional 7 captives including women and girls trapped in the Asad Shah's mansion were recovered by the
Police.
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Asad shah wife, Hina Shah, has also been nominated as co-accused in the FIR lodged by Fatima’s mother.
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On January 9, 2018, minor girl Zainab Ansari was raped and murdered in her home town Kasur, Pakistan.
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[66] In 2019, Nine-year-old Faizan Muhammad was raped and murdered in Kasur, Pakistan.
[67] Children are also raped in schools
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Child sex abuse at workplace
Children are sexually abused at workplace
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See also
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