Pakistan, July 17 -- "The impulse to cruelty is, in many people, almost as violent as the impulse to sexual love-almost as violent and much more mischievous" - Aldous Huxley

In his article published in The Tribune on June 16. 2015, Hashim Bukhari has rightly pointed out a very serious issue that merits attention at the highest level. He writes: "Sex crimes are not merely results of overarching moral corruption or lack of religiosity. Often there are substantial underlying causes which need to be addressed before any possible strategy for their eradication, or containment, is to be devised."

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