Monitoring Desk: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa is leading in Pakistan in reported cases of sexual abuse against children as 185 of the cases were registered in 2019, 323 in 2020, 360 in 2021, and 365 in 2022, reports Express Tribune.
The newspaper further reported that the actual number of such cases is likely to be much greater, as many incidents, which occur in tribal or mostly affluent areas, often go unreported. Many families of the affected children tend to hide these incidents due to fear and shame and this is the reason that incidents of forced and sexual violence against children are increasing in KP every year because culprits know that their crime would go unreported.
