Though Karachi is notorious for its volatile law and order situation, the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan’s (HRCP) statistics indicate that the rest of the province isn’t much better either - around 1,162 people have been killed in the first 10 months of the year.
HRCP’s Sindh Task Force issued a report on the eve of United Nations Human Rights Day. It paints a very bleak picture of the situation in the areas outside of Karachi as well.
The reports states that 772 men, 310 women and 78 children were killed. Among them, 99 men, 146 women and 10 children were killed in the name of honour. Some people also lost their lives in tribal conflicts.
“The number of overall killings has gone up from the previous year, when the figure remained within three digits,” HRCP’s coordinator for Sindh Task Force, Ashothama Lohano, told The Express Tribune.
In addition to the murders, 305 people committed suicide while another 180 were unsuccessful in taking their own lives. Men are more suicidal than women or children, with 181 killing themselves and 90 attempting to do so. “More deaths occurred in the areas hit by floods this year or those recovering from the natural calamity from last year,” said Lohano.
The report indicates a drop in the incidents of karo kari (honour killing). In 2011, more than 600 incidents were reported from the province, but the figure for this year has dipped to 255. “Interestingly, the killing of women has dropped more dramatically than of men,” Lohano said, adding that 99 men and 146 women were among the victims of this crime.
There was also a considerable decrease in rape cases this year with 131 cases reported so far - almost half the number as compared to 2011. About 65 children and 63 women were victims of such incidents.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 11th, 2012.
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I'm not trying to apologize for the crimes in our city but everyone should look at this:
http://www.disastercenter.com/crime/nycrime.htm
In 1990, there were more than 2600 killings in New York City. Karachi is a similarly sized metropolis. Crime is a part of life in modern-day urban life. The media should stop portraying a doom-and-gloom picture while at the same time invest its resources into helping the authorities clamp down on target killing and other incidents.
@Mango Aadmi: Keep praying as all establishments in Pakistan have failed to tackle militancy effectively and some are doing it intentionally to weaken the civilian govt and that would enable them to take over the country.
Seriously heart breaking picture. May all mighty give them a better future.
People fade up from these Political parties because they are doing politics for their Party and safe their politician group for massive corruption.
Seems like HRCP’s Sindh Task Force is doing its job. What about HRCP’s Punjab Task Force?
2000 people die in pakistan's only city that can somewhat be called a "low level international city", and there is not a single comment from anyone of us. On the other hand, take a look at the thread where comments are flying on HRCP report on 200 death in india. And we are not even counting 20,000 other killed at balochistan, KP, GB, Swat by our forces, our agencies and foreign forces. This is pakistan, who rejoice and laugh at its own destruction.