• Statistics compiled by leading women’s rights organisations show that as many as 7,733 cases of violence against women were reported in the print media in 2008
• The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) records that in 2007 a total of 4,276 cases of women’s rights abuses were reported
• HRCP recorded 1,202 killings, out of which honour killing crimes were 636, cases of sexual harassment were 755, of which 377 victims were raped (166 minors) and 354 victims were gang-raped (92 minors). Kidnappings were 736, whereas other forms of attacks were 143
• Cases of honour killing are on the rise in Pakistan as 90 such cases were reported all over the country in the first quarter (January to March) of 2008, (Report compiled by a non-governmental organisation Aurat Foundation, see  http://www.wluml.org/english/newsfulltxt.shtml?cmd[157]=x-157-562573
• Dr Zulfikar Siyal, Additional Police Surgeon, Karachi, claimed  in 2008 that at least 100 women are raped daily in Karachi, see http://pakistaniat.com/2008/09/16/rape-sex-karach/comment-page-3/
• The Ansar Burney Trust, an NGO, says 70 per cent of women in Pakistan suffer from domestic violence, see http://www.ansarburney.org/womens_rights-violence.html
• A draft Protection against Domestic Violence of women and Child Act was drawn up by the Federal Law Ministry in 2007 but it is as yet to be passed

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