KASUR; The Home of Pedophyles

According to UNICEF, only 34% of children under the age of 5 are registered at birth in Pakistan, and 3.3 million children are trapped in child labour. Moreover, according to the Sahil (an NGO for child rights) report, 55% of girls and 45% of boys are victims of child abuse. These figures are alarming, but why are they increasing? 

In Pakistan, there are a lot of cultural taboos and religious misconceptions that make us keep our mouths shut on such issues, making them discreet. We feel ashamed to talk about child abuse, and we do not discuss these issues with our children. That is where the problem begins. Not knowing their rights makes them vulnerable to pedophyles. Parents have the most important role to play. They are the protectors and should not allow their kids to be alone with anyone, but in a country where there is extreme poverty, which is expected to reach 37% by 2023 (World Bank, 2023), a poor man has no option but to make their children useful and send them to work, where the children see the most cruel face of this world. The Zainab case, the housemaid torture case, and the Kasur child abuse scandal are some of the famous cases in Pakistan, but a lot of cases never get reported due to many reasons.

From Pakistan Observer

Now coming to Kasur, which I would name the home of brutal pedophyles, Although child abuse is widespread in Pakistan, what makes Kasur different is the level of brutality it holds. The most alarming issue emerging from this district is the rise in child pornography. Child pornography is one of the worst emerging issues that humanity faces in the 21st century and is considered the most important issue by the rulers in developed countries, but in countries like Pakistan, it is not given much importance. Many child pornography images were posted on Facebook. In 2010, during the Kasur incident of child abuse, many children were sexually abused, and their videos were sent to their parents to blackmail them. As the victim is being blackmailed by their online footage, this not only takes abuse of their childhood but also their entire life.

The FIA's cybercrime division is in charge of handling cases of digital child exploitation, but the NGOS want the perpetrators to be hanged in public to set an example for others. The pedophyles must be publicly hanged in order to suppress this crime, but what if these organised criminal gangs are backed by powerful and wealthy individuals? Until my next blog, I'll leave this question up to the readers.