Punjab has highest rate of robbery, street crime: Interior Ministry

ISLAMABAD: The Interior Ministry informed the National Assembly on Wednesday that the highest rate of robberies and street crime has been reported in Punjab while the incidence of murders and target killing in Karachi has gone down.

The National Assembly was told target killing in Karachi has been reduced by 48 percent while murders have gone down by 37 percent.

According to the ministry, data from the last five years shows that out of 374,000 cases of robberies reported in the country 310,000 were reported in Punjab while out of 120,000 cases of street crime reported 93,000 were registered in Punjab.

The assembly was informed that 46,000 cases of robbery and 21,000 cases of street crime were reported in Sindh, while 8,000 cases of robbery and 765 cases of street crime were reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.