Violence against women up with relatives as likeliest offenders - Pakistan
29/2/08
The most common crimes against women in Pakistan’s Punjab province include honour killing, abductions, torture and even burning; last year their number rose considerably. This kind of violence however has gone largely unpunished according to the annual Report on Violence Against Women that was released by the Citizen’s Commission for Human Development at a press conference yesterday in Lahore.The report noted a tragic increase in the violence against women. For the first time since annual reports were released nine years ago murder topped the list with 901 cases, involving relatives in 747 of them. Police investigated only 600 cases, arresting 122 people, but only 30 were found guilty.