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| Since January 2018: No conviction in 141 child rape cases reported in Lahore so far |
| 2018-08-12 |
| [DAWN] Minor children -- both girls and boys -- are falling prey to paedophiles in the quiet provincial capital as the incidents of child sexual abuse continue to surface here and most of such criminals escape conviction because of poor investigation by police and flawed prosecution. Such crimes are on the rise despite Chief Justice of Pakistain Justice Saqib Nisar taking suo motu ...a legal term, from the Latin. Roughly translated it means I saw what you did, you bastard... notice of Kasur rape cases. The alarmingly high official figures of cases of sexual assault on minors in Lahore show that such crimes have not been a priority for the police high-ups. Details of these show that minors are mostly targeted by paedophiles in playgrounds, streets, markets and shops in congested localities. According to psychiatrists, the effects of sexual abuse in childhood keep haunting the victims throughout their life, adversely impacting their physical and mental health. A majority of them, they say, suffer from depression, post-traumatic stress disorder, anxiety and other psychological issues. Many victims prefer to spend life in isolation, avoiding contact with relatives, friends and class fellows, the experts say. Some of the victims themselves become abusers when they grow up, they add. According to official data, total 77 cases of rape of minor girls were reported in the quiet provincial capital from January 2018 to the first week of August this year. Most of such cases surfaced in the Cantonment Division of the city, where 31 minor girls were subjected to rape, followed by Model Town and city divisions where 16 and 12 cases were reported, respectively. Similarly, 11 such cases were lodged in Saddar, five in Civil Lines and two cases in Iqbal Town division, the data showed. Out of the total 77 cases, the police quashed eight because of "lack of evidence", while the remaining were pending in courts. The situation is also equally abysmal in the cases where the minor boys were subjected to criminal assault. According to the police data, total 79 boys suffered sexual assault in various parts of the city during the same period. In most of the cases, the boys were kidnapped when they were playing in the street or going to local shops in residential areas. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Is rape the national pastime? |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2018-08-12 23:28 |