--- title: "Pakistan reports over 17,000 child abuse and sexual offence cases in 2025" description: "Most outlets led with the total number of child abuse and sexual offence cases reported in Pakistan in 2025, citing the figure as 17,348. They also highlighted that Punjab accounted for the majority of cases and noted the age and gender distribution of victims, with most victims being girls aged 11 to 17. The Nation provided additional context by mentioning the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) as the source of the data." url: https://harzaviya.com/stories/8767-pakistan-reports-over-17-000-child-abuse-cases-in-2025 site: HarZaviya language: en --- # Pakistan reports over 17,000 child abuse and sexual offence cases in 2025 pakistan · updated 16 Sep 2026, 12:41 PM PKT · 16 Sep 2026 · 3 articles from 2 outlets **HarZaviya summary** — how 2 outlets covered this, generated automatically from their headlines and excerpts: > Most outlets led with the total number of child abuse and sexual offence cases reported in Pakistan in 2025, citing the figure as 17,348. They also highlighted that Punjab accounted for the majority of cases and noted the age and gender distribution of victims, with most victims being girls aged 11 to 17. The Nation provided additional context by mentioning the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC) as the source of the data. ## Same story from 2 outlets Each outlet's own headline, most recent first — read any at its source. - **The Nation** — [Over 17,000 child abuse, sexual offence cases reported in Pakistan in 2025](https://www.nation.com.pk/16-Sep-2026/17-000-child-abuse-sexual-offence-cases-reported-pakistan-2025) · 16 Sep 2026, 12:41 PM PKT > More than 17,000 cases involving child abuse and sexual offences were registered across Pakistan in 2025, with Punjab accounting for nearly three-fourths of the total, according to data compiled by the National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRC). - **Dunya News** — [Pakistan reports more than 17,000 child sexual abuse cases in 2025](https://dunyanews.tv/en/Pakistan/973158-pakistan-reports-more-than-17000-child-sexual-abuse-cases-in-2025) · 16 Sep 2026, 10:38 AM PKT · 91% identical wording to the newest filing > Pakistan recorded 17,348 child abuse and sexual crime cases in 2025, with Punjab reporting the highest number. Most victims were girls, while 86% of cases involved children aged 11 to 17. ## Part of a bigger story Other stories whose coverage resembles this one, nearest first. "% related" compares whole stories, not single articles — see [what the percentages mean](https://harzaviya.com/methodology). - [UNICEF reports 1.5 million Pakistani children experienced online sexual abuse in a year](https://harzaviya.com/stories/15049-1-5-million-pakistani-children-faced-online-sexual-abuse) · 18 Oct 2026 · 2 outlets · 78% related - [Study reports 1.5 million Pakistani children face online sexual abuse](https://harzaviya.com/stories/14168-over-1-5-million-pakistani-youth-face-online-sexual-abuse-un) · 14 Oct 2026 · 3 outlets · 74% related - [Pakistan reports 3,172 violence cases in first half of 2026](https://harzaviya.com/stories/2572-pakistan-reports-3-172-violence-cases-in-first-half-of-2026) · 10 Aug 2026 · 2 outlets · 70% related 3 articles from 2 outlets, 16 Sep 2026. Headlines and links belong to their outlets — HarZaviya links out and never copies article text. --- HarZaviya compares how Pakistani outlets cover the same story. It stores and shows each outlet's headline and a short excerpt, and links out — it never copies article text, and every headline belongs to the outlet that wrote it. It takes no stance on any outlet. Pages: [Top stories](https://harzaviya.com/) · [Latest headlines](https://harzaviya.com/feed) · [Archive](https://harzaviya.com/archive) · [Why](https://harzaviya.com/why) · [Sources](https://harzaviya.com/sources) · [Methodology](https://harzaviya.com/methodology) · [About](https://harzaviya.com/about) · [About the bot](https://harzaviya.com/about-bot) Trackers: [Gold prices](https://harzaviya.com/gold-prices) · [Fuel prices](https://harzaviya.com/fuel-prices) · [Stock exchange](https://harzaviya.com/stock-exchange) Any page on this site is available as markdown: send `Accept: text/markdown`, or add `.md` to the path.