Syed Zia-ud Din, Farah Hanif, Jad Bhatti M Amjad, Abdul Hamid.
Increasing Tendency of "Target Killing" in Pakistan.
Med Forum Jan ;2(12):42-5.

Objective: To determine the increasing tendency of target killing in Pakistan. Design of study: Retrospective study Place of study: This study was conducted at the Emergency Departments of Services Hospital Lahore, Gangaram Hospital Lahore, Mayo Hospital Lahore and Shahina Jamil Hospital Abbottabad from 01-01-2012 to 31-05-2013. Materials and Methods: 100 cases of Target Killing were selected from Emergency Deptt of services Hospital Lahore, Emergency Deptt of Gangaram Hospital Lahore, Emergency Deptt of Mayo Hospital Lahore and Emergency Deptt of Shahina Jamil Hospital Abbottabad. The data was collected from above said hospitals on proforma and analyzed for results. Results: In our study the incidence of target killing was maximum at the age of 21 – 30 years (33 %) and minimum at the age of 71 – 80 years as show in Table No.1. The incidence of target killing was 20 % in lower class, 34 % in middle class, 56 % in upper class as shown in Table No 2. Addict people had 83 % incidence of target killing and 17 % in non addict people as shown in Table No 3. The incidence of target killing was 83 % in people having mental / physical sickness has compared to healthy people (17 %) as shown in Table No 4. The incidence of target killing was 37 % in literate people and 63 % in illiterate people as shown in Table No 5. The incidence of target killing was high 67 % in people living in non joint family system as compared to people living in joint families (33 %) as shown in Table No 6. The incidence of target killing was 37 % in literate people as compared to illiterate people (63 %) as shown in Table No 7. The trend of target killing was 67 % in rural area and 33 % in urban area as shown in table No.8. Conclusion: Target Killing is a global problem. This problem is due to 1) Mental/physical or both Sickness of the people, 2) Frustration of people due to economical/political/sectarian disputes, 3) Far Away from Islamic teachings, 4) Out spread of addiction in Pakistan.

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