Crimes against women, girls

Women in Pakistan are regularly subjected to violence. In Pakistan violence against women has been categorized into crime including murder, kidnapping, suicide, honor killing, acid throwing, burning and domestic violence. The Aurat foundation estimated a total of 7,852 cases of violence against women were reported across Pakistan. Recently Karachi’s Gulistan-e-Johor area gripped with fear as knife attacker remains at large authoritarian should uphold their responsibilities to deter such crime in the first place. The Pakistani government has taken inadequate action to protect women and girls from abusing including ,rape, murder ad along with rules for proper disbursal of funds, there is also need to look into the scheme that were set up under the fund. To provide aid specially those women who are suffering from sexual violence. 

HAMNA KHAN,  

Karachi, October 29. 

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