ISLAMABAD: A total of 1,630 cases of child abuse have been reported all over Pakistan during the first six months of 2024, according to a report released by local non-governmental organisation Sahil on Friday (Aug 9), reported Xinhua.
Based on cases reported in 81 daily national and regional newspapers from January to June 2024, data showed 862 cases of child sexual abuse, 668 cases of abduction, 82 cases of missing children, and 18 cases of child marriages.
This year 48 cases of pornography after sexual abuse were also recorded, the report added.
Six-monthly data revealed that out of the total reported cases, 962 or 59 per cent of victims were girls and 668 or 41 per cent were boys.
The data also noted that the 6-15 age group remains most vulnerable to abuse.
According to the report, a total of 693 children aged 6-15 years, 94 children aged 0-5 years, 231 children aged 16-18 years, and in 612 cases, age of the victims was not mentioned. – Bernama
