Data reveals 328 women fell victim to violence

A report of Aurat Foundation has revealed that in the first quarter (January-March 2008) of the year about 328 cases of violence against women were reported out of which 80 women were murdered, 65 were injured as a result of heinous custom of Karo-Kari.
Reporte further disclosed that seven women were attempted to be murdered, 14 were rape victims, 10 cases of gang rape were reported, 24 women committed suicides and 38 women were kidnapped. Revealing the facts and figures of the second quarter (April-June 2008) reported said that the number of cases of violence against women witnessed to be almost doubled and about 390 cases were reported.
The data shows that 74 women were murdered, 55 were brutally killed under Karo-Kari charges, 13 raped and 26 were gang raped, 43 committed suicides, two women were sold and 71 were kidnapped.
The data also shows that the second last quarter (July-September) of 2008 was the worst period for women of the province and 746 cases of violence have been reported. The data shows that 75 murder cases were reported within 90 days of this quarter.
The so called honour killings or Karo-Kari cases rose and about 100 cases were reported out of which 69 were women and 31 were men. About 12 cases of attempted murder on women were reported, 40 cases of rape and 14 cases of gang rape were reported, whereas 204 cases of abduction were also reported in this quarter.
About 46 women committed suicides, one woman was burnt to death, 14 cases of sexual assault and 40 cases of kidnapping were reported, 74 women suffered custodian violence and 55 women suffered domestic violence.
The report further revealed that cases of violence are increasing alarmingly and within the last nine months about 1,464 cases of violence against women were reported in the province, of which 229 were murder cases and another 220 women killed under the allegation of so-called honour, or Karo-Kari, 67 women raped, another 50 women gang-raped, according to data compiled by the Aurat Foundation, an NGO working for women's rights.
Aurat Foundation obtained these figures from shelter homes, women's crises centres, newspapers and citizen action committees for women rights for the project "Policy and Data Monitor on Violence against Women" in collaboration with the Violence against Women watch group.