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Major Institutional Complicity, Digital Extortion, and Socio-Economic Precarity: A Criminological Analysis of Gender-Based Crimes in Punjab

Institutional Complicity, Digital Extortion, and Socio-Economic Precarity: A Criminological Analysis of Gender-Based Crimes in Punjab

Gender-based violence (GBV) in Punjab, Pakistan, has evolved into a complex matrix where traditional physical violence intersects with technological facilitation and institutional complicity. Recent high-profile criminal cases including the sexual assault of a female laborer by a law enforcement officer in Okara and the gang rape of an economically vulnerable woman via a Facebook employment scam in Gujjarpura, Lahore highlight this dangerous shift.

Crime & Safety02 Jul 2026
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