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At least 3,852 children – 2,068 girls and 1,784 boys — were sexually abused across Pakistan in 2021, revealed Sahil, an NGO working against child abuse, in a report titled ‘Cruel Number’.
According to the data shared by the organization, at least 10 children were abused every day through 2021.
The categories used by the NGO included abduction (1,060 cases); rape (410 cases); sodomy (483 cases); gang rape (146 cases); and gang sodomy (234 cases). At least 22 boys and 18 girls were murdered after sexual abuse whereas at least 10 boys and three girls were murdered after gang sodomy and rape, said the report.
