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Pakistan among 10 worst countries regarding rape cases: PTI
Activists of All India Democratic Women's Association hold placards during a protest outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in New Delhi, India, Sept
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span class="inline inline-center">Activists of All India Democratic Women's Association hold placards during a protest outside the Saudi Arabian embassy in New Delhi, India, Sept. 17, 2015. Police in India were investigating complaints from two women that a Saudi Arabian diplomat raped them repeatedly and confined them in his home near New Delhi. (AP/Altaf Qadri)
Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf Punjab organiser Chaudhry Sarwar says the PML-N government has failed to control rape and kidnap cases, claiming that Pakistan is among the 10 worst countries when it comes to rape cases.
He issued a 'fact sheet' on Monday on the rape and kidnap incidents, stating 14,850 kidnap cases involving women, children and girls were reported in Punjab during the last one year. He said some 2,000 women were kidnapped and 80 percent of them were allegedly raped during last year while 15 percent were killed. He said 980 minors were kidnapped, including the newborns from hospitals.
Stating that the incidents of kidnap and rape of women and children were continuously rising, Mr Sarwar observed the Punjab government had failed to protect the lives and property of the masses.
The fact sheet said some 96 kidnap for ransom cases, including 25 of minors, were registered. In Lahore, the fact sheet said, 15 cases of kidnap for ransom were reported and many of those kidnapped were also killed.
On the other hand, the fact sheet said police's performance remained unimpressive as they failed to solve hundreds of cases and many of the kidnapped persons were never recovered as some 3,100 cases were still under investigation.
Chaudhry Sarwar said police were only registering missing reports instead of kidnappings to save their skin.
The fact sheet said that the cases of molestation against children were also increasing while the police and other institutions were unable to check such incidents. He demanded that the government introduce legislation to check such cases and give exemplary punishment to the criminals. (kes)(+)
