Editorial in The News,December 30, 2023Many countries around the world recorded an increase in domestic violence against women and girls during the Covid-19 pandemic and the ensuing lockdowns. Sadly, Pakistan was no exception to this global trend. According to a study by the Asian Development Bank (ADB) on the ‘Gendered Impacts of the Covid-19 Pandemic in Central and West Asia’, respondents to a survey in Sindh and Punjab carried out in the summer of 2020…