TOO many Pakistani children have nowhere to turn when abused online. An estimated 1.5m internet-using children aged 12 to 17 experienced sexual exploitation or abuse involving digital technology in the year preceding a nationwide survey conducted in 2025. This is cited in the Disrupting Harm in Pakistan report, produced by Unicef, ECPAT International, and Interpol. As disturbing as the scale is, what happened afterwards is equally alarming. More than half the affected children told nobody, while none of those surveyed who experienced abuse approached formal reporting channels. In 85pc of incidents, the offender........

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