Has Pakistan Failed in Ensuring Basic Human Rights?

With a population of more than 220 million, Pakistan as a nation has seemingly failed in ensuring provision of basic human rights as the cases of kidnapping, domestic violence, and sexual harassment are in the ascendant.

Interestingly, not just women but children and even animals are also among victims and the ministry of human rights and government are just dealing the matter with a heart of stone.

A new hashtag unearthing on Twitter informs about another brutal act of violence with either a woman or a child and it is turning out to be a new normal.

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Recently, the molested body of a 6-year-old girl was found from a garbage dump near her residence in Korangi’s Zaman Town in Karachi on Wednesday morning.

The minor’s father said she was playing outside during a power outage when she went missing on Tuesday.

Moreover, a 5-month-old baby was rescued after he was kidnapped and being smuggled to Dubai from Karachi inside a travel bag.

According to data released by the NGO Sahil, 8 children are abused every day in Pakistan in one form or the other while 51% of the victims were girls and 49% were boys.

On the flip side, the incident involving Noor Mukadam shocked the nation as she was killed and severed in Islamabad on July 20 for wanting to end a relationship.

Noor’s event was still fresh when another case surfaced on Twitter as Wishah Abubakar penned down her story that FIA has been bribed by her influential husband Shahzawar Bugti, who was threatening to leak her photos.

A mother of four named Quratulain was brutally killed by her husband in Hyderabad on July 15 while Saima Ali was shot dead on July 3 by her husband Raza Ali in Peshawar.

The celebrities have also joined the chorus along with citizens against the terrifying forms of violence that victims face every day.