Karachi stood atop the rest of the country with 98 murder FIRs while Lahore took the lead in rape cases with 29 FIRs registered in different police stations in April this year.
As many as 29,505 FIRs were registered in police stations in 55 districts across the country during April serious crimes like murder and rape were frequently reported in urban districts of the country, said a report compiled by FAFEN. Crimes against women are generally regarded as the outcome of certain socially sanctioned prejudices, especially in rural and largely inaccessible tribal areas. However the data suggest that these might be prevalent in developed urban centers of the country as well. During April, most number of crimes against women was reported in Lahore.
In order to collect crime statistics, FAFEN governance monitors visited offices of the District Police Officers (DPO) in 55 districts in April. Of these, 23 were monitored in Punjab, 14 in KP, 12 in Sindh, five in Balochistan and the Islamabad Capital Territory (ICT). Patterns of reportage varied across different regions in the country. More than half of all FIRs filed against each category of crime were lodged in the DPO offices monitored in Punjab.