Islamabad: Last year, 2,142 cases of gang rape, 34,688 kidnapping and 11,074 cases of murder were registered in Pakistan last year. This information was revealed from the latest official crime statistics report. In these figures, Punjab emerged as the most affected province of crime. Here, most cases of murder, gang rape and kidnapping were reported. The most worrying thing is that last year, the cases of gang rape in Islamabad, the capital of the country, were more than many provinces. According to Pakistan’s ‘News International’, in 2024, out of a total of 2142 cases of gang rape in the country, the highest number of (2046) cases were registered in Punjab province. This number is more than the combined figures of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) and Balochistan.
According to the data, 71 cases of gang rape were registered in Sindh province. A total of 22 cases of gang rape and 125 cases of adultery were reported in Islamabad. While not a single case of gang rape was registered in Balochistan, 43 cases of adultery were reported. A gang rape case and 402 cases of adultery were registered in KP. The report said that in total, 34,688 cases of kidnapping were registered across Pakistan in 2024. Of these, 28,702 cases were registered only in Punjab province.
What do data say
4,331 kidnapping incidents were reported in Sindh province. At the same time, 533 cases of kidnapping were registered in KP, 406 from Balochistan, 238 from Islamabad and 370 kidnapping in Pakistan -occupied Kashmir. The crime report highlights the serious reality of the human rights situation in the Pakistani provinces. Last year, there were large -scale riots in Pakistan. According to the report, 4,533 such cases were reported across the country. However, the lowest cases of riots came up after Islamabad in Punjab. There was no riot in the country’s capital last year. There were two riots cases in Punjab province, while Sindh (3,472), KP (12), Balochistan (292) and PoK (557) saw an increase in riots cases last year.