The article reports, “Islamabad: The number cases of violence against women (VAW) reported in the first six months of 2011 was significantly higher than 2010. A total of 4,448 cases of VAW were reported during the first six months of 2011; 3,107 from Punjab, 819 from Sindh, 389 from Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and 133 from Balochistan. During the same period in 2010, 4,061 cases of VAW were reported across the country.”
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