Official data shows that a total of 15,750 complaints were made by women in Pakistan’s Punjab during the first eight months (January- August) of the current year, taking lead in receiving the most number of cases of women abuse.
15,750 cases were reported by women this year against harassment, violence, kidnapping and murder, reported The News International. Whereas, Sindh becomes notorious for escalating honour killing cases of women with 111 such cases in 2021 and 88 in the current year till this date. Most of the complaints made by women of Punjab were related to employment and health-related issues. Approximately 7,000 calls were made in this regard. Whereas, 5,914 complaints emerged involving harassment at workplaces, social media and violence including domestic violence that women in Punjab faced from January to August this year, reported The News International.
Over 380 women complained about kidnapping, abduction, rape and murders. Further, complaints pertaining to property matters including inheritance of property stood at 1,424. Complaints around family issues involving divorce, Khula, maintenance or custody of minors by women in Punjab came to around 1,050.
The helpline number where women register their complaints in Punjab is 1043. The Punjab helpline received a total of 22,947 complaints in 2020 and 24,296 complaints in 2021 from women involving harassment, abduction, violence, domestic violence, family issues, rape, murders and employment, reported The News International.