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 offence 281
Sexual Assault (Non-Penetrative) 354, 354-A, 509 Assault, stripping, harassment, insult to modesty 3,163
Rape and Sexual Abuse of Children 375, 375-A, 376, 377-A, 377-B Rape, gang rape, punishment for rape, sexual abuse of minors and punishment 5,024
Other Sexual Offences 377 Unnatural offences 625
Trafficking and Exploitation for Prostitution 371-A, 371-B Selling or buying persons for prostitution 262
Kidnapping for Marriage / Sexual Exploitation 365-B, 366-A, 366-B, 367, 367-A Forced marriage, procurement, importation, abduction for exploitation 8,205
Kidnapping for Ransom 364-A Abduction for ransom 531
Enticement and Coercion 496-A Enticing or detaining with criminal intent 2,847
General Assault Provisions 356, 357, 358 Assault and confinement-related provisions 1,491
Source: ICT Police, Balochistan Police, KP Police, Punjab Police, Sindh Police

 

Reported Child Sexual Violence Offences* under Pakistan Penal Code (PPC), 1860

(1 January – 31 December 2024)
Section
Details
ICT
KP
Punjab
Sindh
Total
(PPC) M F X M F X M F X M F X
292-A Exposure to seduction 0 1 0 0 0 0 8 2 0 6 0 0 17
354 Assault or criminal force to a woman with intent to outrage her modesty 0 35 1 0 45 0 223 684 0 0 1222 0 2210
354-A Assault or use of criminal force to a woman and stripping her of her clothes 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 1 0 0 93 0 96
365-B Kidnapping, abducting or inducing any woman to compel for marriage etc 0 268 0 22 218 0 588 6647 0 0 2811 0 10554
366-A Procuration of a minor girl 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 3 0 0 18 0 23
367-A Kidnapping or abducting in order to subject a person to unnatural lust 0 0 0 1 0 0 368 24 0 2 3 0 398
371-A Selling any person for purposes of prostitution, etc 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 8 0 30 50 0 90
371-B Buying any person for purposes of prostitution, etc. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 8 0 18 48 0 74
375 Rape 3 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 6 0 10
375-A Gang rape 18 6 0 5 0 0 696 199 1 12 17 0 954
376 Punishment for rape 21 21 0 138 124 0 674 1152 0 0 491 0 2621
377 Unnatural offences 0 3 0 183 2 1 342 14 2 150 173 0 870
377-A Sexual abuse. 0 0 0 0 0 0 4 1 0 3 0 0 8
377-B Punishment for sexual abuse. 14 3 0 44 19 0 823 494 0 39 53 0 1489
496-A Enticing or taking away or detaining with criminal intent a woman. 0 34 0 6 85 0 188 694 0 0 1179 0 2186
509 Word, gesture or act intended to insult the modesty of a woman. 0 10 0 0 2 0 4 31 0 0 340 0 387
Total 56 382 1 400 498 1 3920 9962 3 260 6504 0 21987
Source: ICT Police, KP Police, Punjab Police, Sindh Police

* Figures do not necessarily correspond to unique cases or individual victims. A single incident may involve multiple charges under separate PPC sections

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