Protecting women is the state's foremost responsibility — and Islamabad's zero-conviction record shows it is failing that duty spectacularly. The latest figures from the capital city reveal a justice system that is neither functioning nor inspiring confidence. In just the first half of 2025, as many as 373 cases of violence against women were reported in Islamabad. Not one ended in conviction.

The Sustainable Social Development Organisation's factsheet confirms this. The most disturbing part is the nature of the crimes. A vast majority of the cases involved rape and kidnapping, yet the outcomes remained unchanged: no convictions and, in many situations, quiet withdrawals. The remaining complaints — physical abuse, harassment, cybercrime and honour killings — were met with the same ineffec

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