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Highest Violence against Women in Punjab
Feb 19 2009, Karim Khan

The highest incidence of violence against women in Pakistan, in the year 2008, has been reported in the Punjab province. In a news report, published in the English daily The Frontier Post (February 18, 2009), the famous non-governmental organization...

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