Abstract
Kidnapping is a very serious, organised, non-compoundable and nonbailable crime.
Kidnapping causes serious threat to the safety and dignity of a person and to the overall
security environment in a society. In the year 2008 and 2009 kidnapping in the NWFP has
escalated to an alarming extent. Kidnapping not only affects the local people, but also
diplomats and foreigners are kidnapped/abducted. This article thoroughly studies the
prevalence and trend of kidnapping in the NWFP. It also highlights the causes of kidnapping
and abduction in the NWFP with support from statistical data.
