Highlighting obstacles on road to justiceAccording to the HRCP, the incidents of rape are doubling every year since 2014. Talking to The Express Tribune, the PNT members expressed alarm over the increase in the number of rape cases in Pakistan. They said that rape cases in Pakistan were not about sex but about power and that most victims were poor and illiterate. Another senior PNT member, who is a gynaecologist by profession, said a surge in gang rape cases has been noted this year. While sharing her experience of handling case of gang rape victims, she said that they were brought in terrible condition.

Source: The Express Tribune December 04, 2017 03:56 UTC