Re: Hindustani women fight ‘Eve teasing’
Once again, I beseech you to read the news, not the comics.
Statistics for rape and gang rape in Pakistan are as follows:
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Gang Rapes in Pakistan
by Shah N. Khan
“It is little wonder that rape is one of the least-reported crimes. Perhaps it is the only crime in which the victim becomes the accused and, in reality, it is she who must prove her good reputation, her mental soundness, and her impeccable propriety.” This quote is attributed to Freda Adler (b. 1934), U.S. educator but it is true all over the world and not US alone.
It is difficult to get reliable figures but number of rapes in Pakistan is comparatively much lower than many countries. But the incidence of gang rapes and their ratio to total rapes appears to be the highest in the world excluding Africa. During the period 1998-2002 gang rapes came to almost 54% of total rapes.
**Years Total Rapes Gang Rapes **
1998 671 370
1999 590 302
2000 560 290
2001 364 200
2002 787 434
Total 2972 1596
Whereas it is probable that a large number of rape cases are not reported or not registered even if reported due to inefficiency and corruption in Police, it is not easy to hide gang rape which mostly occur in remote villages among poor and ignorant tribal people out of feuds and revenge. Moreover the real object of such heinous acts is inflicting public humiliation and often the consequences are not realized in the heat of anger. To the ordinary simple illiterate villagers in tribal areas, the chastity of their women is dearer than their own lives. And the wicked and perverted individuals among them think that worst kind of humiliation that can be inflicted upon their enemy is to outrage the modesty of his daughter, sister or wife or even mother right before his eyes.