A man in Sharaqpur, a town in Sheikhupura district, was booked for sexually assaulting his 13-year-old granddaughter for four months. According to the complaint registered at the police station by the victim’s brother, Muhammad Ismail sexually assaulted F* for several months. “He [suspect] violated the sanctity of the grandfather-granddaughter bond by sexually assaulting my sister,” stated the victim’s brother. Just a mere few days after the Chunian case was reported, a major child sexual abuse scandal was reported in Faisalabad, with locals claiming that more than 30 children had been sexually assaulted. More data from Sahil shows that at least 3,832 cases of child sexual abuse were reported in 2018; this means that around 10 cases were reported daily.

Source: The Express Tribune October 27, 2019 04:18 UTC