Home of the Multan Sultans...has recorded 1,545 cases of violence against women (VAW) from March 2017 to April 2018.
According to the data provided by the Social Welfare Department, the highest number of registered cases is of domestic abuse (918 cases), followed by 165 family cases, 99 harassment cases and 89 property disputes.
Salman Sufi, heading the CM’s Strategic Reforms Unit (SRU) ‐ the authority in charge of the project ‐ says the centre has started functioning completely and that the locals have now begun taking it seriously.
The VAWC was set up following the Punjab
1.) Little Orphan Annie's bodyguard
2.) A province of Pakistain ruled by one of the Sharif brothers
3.) A province of India. It is majority (60 percent) Sikh and Hindoo (37 percent), which means it has relatively few Moslem riots....
Protection of Women against Violence Act 2016, the law that was heavily countered by hard liners. The figures point out that the pandemic of gender-based violence is highest in Punjab with most reported cases.