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Category: Interactive
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Over 16,000 children born in Pakistan on New Year’s Day
The United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund (UNICEF) shared that an estimated 16,787 babies would be born in Pakistan on New Year’s Day.
According to a statement by UNICEF, “Pakistani babies will account for 4.28% of the estimated 392,078 babies to be born on New Year’s Day.”
Each January, UNICEF celebrates babies born on New Year’s Day, which is considered to be a lucky time for childbirth around the world.
However, UNICEF reported that in 2018, 2.5 million newborns died before reaching one month old, around a third of them on the first day of life.
“In 2018, 2.5 million newborns died in just their first month of life. Among those children, most died from preventable causes such as premature birth, complications during delivery, and infections like sepsis. In addition, more than 2.5 million babies are born dead each year,” UNICEF said.
According to the UN Agency, the world has seen amazing progress in child survival over the past three decades, lessening the number of children worldwide who die before their fifth birthday by more than half.
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On Human Rights Day and In Data: Rape Cases in Punjab
In a report, done by the University College of Lahore, ‘Accountability for Rape: A case study of Lodhran’, the numbers show that rape cases in Punjab were staggeringly high in 2016-2017. The study is thorough and looks at court judgements to show how alleged rapists were acquitted. And a whole lot of them were set free.
Police submitted reports on more than 7,000 new rape cases during 2016-17, cases that had a verdict were more than 5,800. Out of the ones that were given a verdict, only 216 cases had a conviction.
The police did its job and submitted reports in more than 7,000 cases but only 216 were convicted. The study revealed that major cities had more rape cases, as expected, but what was not expected was the amount of convictions in relation to the cities.
Lahore tops the list with the most amount of cases and the least amount of convictions Lahore, Rahim Yar Khan and Bahawalpur had the highest number of rape incidents and a very low conviction rate. But
The highest number of contest acquittals was in Lodhran, which means that when the case went to trial, an acquittal took place when the judge decided that the prosecution had not proved that the defendant was guilty.
These areas were highlighted because the cases going to court were fewer than larger cities The report also showed the cities with the lowest amount of cases with Mianwali and Jhelum topping the list as ‘safer’ cities.
Cities with the lowest amount of rape cases reported Interestingly the study also shows judgments that listed the ‘character’ of the women who were raped.
How many cases were individual or gang rapes, with individual rapes being the most common type of rape in Punjab.
79 percent were individual rapes and 16 percent were gang rapes The marital status of the women was also documented and most of the women who were raped were married when the incident took place.
41 percent of the rape victims were married women More than half of the incidents that took place involved a man who knew the victim.
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Quiz: Which Maryam Nawaz are you?
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