 Dear students, in this module, we are going to talk about the crimes in Pakistan. Crimes are major social problems in Pakistan with a range of different types of crimes occurring on a regular basis. The most common types of crimes in Pakistan include theft, burglary and robbery, as well as more serious crimes such as murder and terrorism. In the criminal justice system in Pakistan, the crime rate is increasing by the passage of time. Because there are many factors involved in this, such as the natural factor that increases our population. The crime rate also increases. Along with this, the lifestyle or living patterns are being overcrowded and the crime rate increases due to the overcrowdedness. Along with this, there are some factors that involve your political institutions or policies. For example, the crime rate increases due to poverty. Along with this, the direct impact of poverty is on your unemployment rate. Because unemployment is especially in the youth and youth are not available to access the goals which are given by the society. For example, if society requires from you that you should work hard to get high financial status, then the possibilities of hard work are particularly in the youth's significant number of population. So that would ultimately become a significant motive to engage yourself in different criminal activities. That is why we see that in Pakistan, the increase in street crime is increasing and especially in this, the youth are involved. Crime in Pakistan is influenced by a range of factors including poverty, unemployment, social inequality and political instability. So there are a range of formal and informal mechanisms of addressing crime in Pakistan, including the criminal justice system, community policing and traditional dispute resolution methods. So these are not only formal mechanisms of control in Pakistan. Fortunately, informal mechanisms of control are also present, such as your family, your socialization, your religious ideology, through which informal mechanisms of social control are active. And your conscience or your conscience is ingrained through the process of socialization that you should not be tempted towards the criminal activities. And also that must be a stronger motivating factor for you to live your life according to the normative patterns of the society. However, as in the society, opportunities are reduced, resources are limited and especially because of the media, the glamorization of your modern life which becomes a motivating factor for you that you should also achieve such a high status in society while you are not having the adequate resources or adequate means to access the possibilities. So the efforts are underway to address the problem of crime in Pakistan, including through the development of new laws and policies and strengthening of law enforcement and criminal justice institutions. And sustained effort by the government and civil society and other stakeholders. So there are many people who potentially become a part of the crime practices which may become a motivating factor due to the absence of awareness in the minds of people or people. For example, when we talk about road safety, road accidents, we talk about people's lackadexical behavior which is an attitude to their safety and needs to be worked on because of which there is a potential crime which involves your carelessness and we can tackle it. So awareness campaigns are run to stop potential crimes such as road accidents or drug abuse or other victimless crimes. So on the whole it's a food for thought for you What are the possible factors behind the increase in crime rate in Pakistan? What are the possible factors behind the increase in crime rate in Pakistan?