Child abuse in Pakistan

Pakistan ranks third in online child abuse.[1][2][3][4]Child sexual abuse[5] is often neglected in Pakistan.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16][17][18] The estimated child abuse in Pakistan is more than 12 per day,[19][20][21][22][23][24][25] in which out of total reported cases of child abuse in Pakistan 2,325 victims were girls (55%) and 1,928 (45%) boys.[26][27][28][29][30][31][32][33][21][34][23]

164 cases of sexual abuse,[25] 984 abductions,[25] 201 missing children[25] and 14 child marriage cases are reported.[25]

In 2022 a total 4,253 cases of child abuse were reported, half of them were sexual abuse.[20][21] In 2023, the total number of abuse victims was 2,227,[21][22] more than half among them 54% were girls.[20][21][22]

In a report named cruel numbers compiled by Sahil an NGO working in Pakistan on child protection and special focus on sexual abuse,[23][25] a total number of 53 pornographic cases[25] were reported in an investigation by the Federal Investigation Agency, which was tracking activities on the dark web.[20][35][23]

In Sindh, the highest (483) number of cases of child abuse were reported,[20][21][22] the second highest number of cases (233) were reported in Punjab.[20][21][22] 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.[36]

Pakistani parliament passed a new law against child abuse in 2020.

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