Over 2,400 women raped, 90 killed in name of 'family honour' in Pakistan's Punjab province in 6 months
India Today
A total of 2,439 women were raped and 90 killed in the name of "family honour" in Pakistan's Punjab province in the last six months, data by Punjab Information Commission revealed.
A total of 2,439 women were raped and 90 killed in the name of "family honour" during the last six months in the Punjab province of Pakistan, according to the data provided by the Punjab Information Commission.
In Lahore, the capital of the Punjab province with a population of 110 million, 400 women were raped and over 2,300 kidnapped during this period, the data said.
According to the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP)'s recent report, in Pakistan, at least 11 rape cases are reported daily with over 22,000 such incidents reported to police in the last six years (2015-21).
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The report states that society gives undue advantage to perpetrators by blaming victims. Instead of having a drop in the number of cases, there has been a sharp rise with an overall less than 1 per cent conviction rate.
"Only 77 accused of the 22,000 cases were found to be convicted and the conviction rate is around 0.3 per cent," the report said.
"Sadly, rape culture is predominant in Pakistan - one that blames the victims of sexual assault and frames all men as naturally violent. Many are working to try to change this discourse, but it is an uphill battle," Nida Kirmani, a professor at Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS) was quoted as saying in the report.
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