Violence against women on the rise

The cases collected from the government run institutes, shelter homes and crisis centres mostly relate to offences of domestic violence, which women usually do not report to the Police due to several reasons.

One of them is lack of family support and heartrending label of shame and scandalisation attached to them.

Police on their behalf do not like to meddle in the private affairs of the family.

So many cases remained unnoticed unreported for lack of any specific laws against domestic violence.

Women Protection Act introduced by (R) General Pervez Musharraf has totally failed to guarantee real security and emancipation of women.