Pakistan, April 17 -- Pakistan remained plagued by rampant child abuse last year; wails the 2018 edition of the Cruel report. According to its data, as many as 10 children were victimised by the monstrosity across the country every day.

The Cruel Report 2018 is based on cases of child sexual abuse and child marriages recorded in 85 national, regional and local daily newspapers.

The data also included cases directly received by Sahil, a non-governmental organisation that offers free legal and psychological aid to victims of child sex abuse, along with other organisations.

A total of 3832 cases were reported, including both boys and girls, during 2018 are 3832.

A majority of the cases were reported in the crime category of rape/sodomy and...