ISLAMABAD: An overall 777,251 cases of criminal activities were recorded across the country in 2019 with more than half of the crimes committed in the Punjab province. It said that the total number of cases registered in Pakistan’s biggest province– Punjab — are 490,155 while Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) witnessed second major crime incidents in the country with 178,131 registered cases. Peshawar topped in the crime rate among the cities in the country, with 38,926 cases registered during 2019. On the other hand, Kohistan, an administrative district within KP province, witnessed the least crime incidents with just only 222 cases registered in a year. The report also detailed the incidents of sexual harassment of children in Islamabad, claiming that it had witnessed a decrease with 60 cases registered in 2019 as compared to 66 cases in the previous year-2018.

Source: Pakistan Today February 07, 2020 15:45 UTC