Child abuse cases rise

At least 3,630 child abuse cases were reported across Pakistan in 2025, marking an 8 per cent increase from the year before that, according to data released by a non-profit organisation on Monday.  Sahil, an Islamabad-based entity which monitors violence against children and women, said in a statement that the cases had been reported in 81 different newspapers from across the four provinces, as well as Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT), and Pakistan-occupied Kashmir (PoK) and the Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region. “In the year 2025, a total number of 3,630 child abuse cases have been reported in 81 different newspapers,” according to the organisation. It said that gender divide analysis shows that out of the total reported cases of child abuse, 1,924 of the victims were girls, 1,625 were boys, and 116 cases were of newborn babies.