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Registered Afghan Refugees in Pakistan by Age

  Registered Afghan Refugees in Pakistan by Age 31 Dec 2025 Total Population 1,012,106 Years Male (%) Female (%) 0-4 5.9 5.7 5-11 years 12.2 11.5 12-17 years 7.1 6.8 18-59 years 25.3 21.5 60+ 2.4 1.6 Source: UNHCR   Age and Gender Profile of Registered Afghan Refugees in Pakistan…

Cases of Child Trafficking in Pakistan

Cases of Child Trafficking in Pakistan ( January 2025 to December 2025) PPC Sections Details ICT Balochistan KP Punjab Sindh Total M F X M F X M F X M F X M F X 365-B Kidnapping or abducting or inducing any woman to compel for marriage etc. 1…

Child Domestic Labour in Punjab

Child Domestic Labour in Punjab: Prevalence and Gender-based Analysis Prevalence of Child Domestic Labour in Punjab by Age Age Group Total Working Population Children in Domestic Work(%) 5-14 YR 3,835,956 1.7 5-17 YR 6,036,473 1.6 5-9 YR 780,122 1.3 10-14 YR 3,055,834 2 15-17 YR 2,200,517 1.2 Source: Punjab Child…

Registration of FIRs 

FIA Registration of FIRs on Online Child Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (2021–2025)   FIA Registration of FIRs (2021–2025) Year FIRs Registered 2021 53 2022 65 2023 51 2024 58 2025 52 Source: FIA (2021-24) & NCCIA (2025)   FIRs Registered on CSAM in 2024 (Section 22 of PECA) Cybercrime Reporting…

Local Complaints Registered in Pakistan

  Local Complaints Registered in Pakistan (2023-2025) Region 2023 2024 2025 ICT 7 8 2 Balochistan 3 13 0 KP 139 46 8 Sindh 10 29 12 Punjab 90 69 9 GB 1 6 0 Total 250 171 31 Source: FIA (2023-2024), NCCIA (2025)…

Age-Wise Distribution of Crimes Against Children (2024)

  Age-Wise Distribution of Crimes Against Children (PPC) 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025 Age Group Number of Cases Percentage (%) 0–5 years 414 2 6–10 years 1,964 11 11–15 years 5,200 30 16–17 years 9,770 56 Source: ICT Police, Balochistan Police, KP Police, Punjab Police, Sindh Police  …

Reported Child Sexual Violence Offences

  Reported Cases of Child Sexual Offences and Related Crimes by PPC Sections 1 January 2025 – 31 December 2025 Category PPC Sections Nature of Offence Total Charges Obscenity and Seduction 292-A Exposure of seduction involving a child 12 Drug-Facilitated Sexual Offences 328-A Administering intoxicant or drug to facilitate sexual…

Child Protection

Birth Registration – Birth Registration Rates in Pakistan by Urban and Rural Areas (PDHS 2017-18) – Birth Registration Rates by Gender in Pakistan (MICS)  – Number of Registration Certificates Issused in 2025 (NADRA) – Number of Child Registration Certificates Issued in 2024 (NADRA) Child Discipline – Percentage of Children aged…

Out of School

Out-of-School Children in Pakistan: Disaggregated Trends by Province, Gender, Education Stage, and Year (PES 2022–2024 & Census 2023) % of Out-of-School Children by Province/Region and Gender Province/Region Male (Million) Female (Million) Total (M) ICT 0.048 0.041 0.089 Balochistan 1.747 1.729 3.476 KP 1.887 2.614 4.501 Punjab 5.85 3.841 9.692 Sindh…

Religious Minorities Enrolment in Pakistan

  Religious Minority Enrolment by Province and Stage (Public Sector, 2023–24) Province/Region Pre-Primary Primary Middle High Higher Secondary Total ICT 729 3,590 2,140 909 83 7,451 Balochistan 628 2,276 901 621 50 4,535 KP 360 1,051 771 410 172 2,764 Punjab 22,560 82,653 47,096 25,069 1,809 179,187 Sindh – –…

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