Editing Infanticide (section)

===Pakistan===
Killings of newborn babies have been on the rise in [[Pakistan]], corresponding to an increase in poverty across the country.<ref name =tribune/> More than 1,000 infants, mostly girls, were killed or abandoned to die in Pakistan in 2009 according to a Pakistani charity organization.<ref>Daughter neglect, women's work, and marriage: Pakistan and Bangladesh compared BD Miller – Medical anthropology, 1984 – Routledge</ref>

The [[Edhi Foundation]] found 1,210 dead babies in 2010. Many more are abandoned and left at the doorsteps of [[mosque]]s. As a result, Edhi centers feature signs "Do not murder, lay them here." Though female infanticide is punishable by life in prison, such crimes are rarely prosecuted.<ref name =tribune>[http://tribune.com.pk/story/105019/infanticide-on-the-rise-in-pakistan-statistics/ Infanticide on the rise: 1,210 babies found dead in 2010, says Edhi] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190418065733/https://tribune.com.pk/story/105019/infanticide-on-the-rise-in-pakistan-statistics/ |date=18 April 2019 }}, ''The Tribune'', January 18, 2011.</ref>