Islamabad, June 2 (IANS) The disappearance of Hindu girl from Sukkur district of Pakistan in 2021, who remains missing till now, exposes the weakness of provincial law enforcement mechanisms and the disparity in how urgency and state resources are applied when the victims belong to powerless and marginalised communities, a report has stated. Nearly five years have passed since the minor Hindu girl – Priya Kumari, disappeared from Sukkur district on the day of Ashura in August 2021. Priya Kumari’…
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Islamabad, May 14 (IANS) Roughly 1,000 girls, many of whom are Christians, are kidnapped from their homes every year in Pakistan. These girls are found months later, after they have been forced to convert to Islam and marry older Muslim men, a report has stated. When a girl’s parents approach the court, they are often not able to provide a birth certificate to prove that she is underage, resulting in judges often giving the custody of the girl to man and not offering the parents any chance to me…
Islamabad, May 7 (IANS) Pakistan’s narrative of religious tolerance is a clear facade amid the persistent persecution, violence, and demographic extinction of the Sikh community, a report said on Thursday.According to a report in Khalsa Vox, the recent case of Sarabjit Kaur, who went missing during a pilgrimage to Pakistan and later appeared as a convert to Islam, has been portrayed by Pakistani media as a “heartwarming tale of personal discovery”.However, it said, against the backdrop of th…
Islamabad, April 21 (IANS) A leading minority rights organisation on Tuesday strongly condemned the forced conversion and marriage of a minor Hindu girl in Pakistan’s Sindh province, raising concerns over the safety of the minority communities across the country. According to the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM), Pooja, a ninth-grade girl and daughter of Ramsun Thakur, was allegedly abducted and thrust into a “nightmare” of forced conversion.The organisation claimed that she was renamed ‘Du…
Washington, April 11 (IANS) Pakistan’s head of the Catholic Church, Bishop Samson Shukardin, has expressed concern over a government committee formed to review a recent ruling by the country’s top constitutional court that validated the marriage and forced conversion of a Christian minor girl. Pakistan’s Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Attaullah Tarar on April 5 announced that a committee had been formed to review the March 25 judgement of the Federal Constitutional Court validati…
Islamabad, April 6 (IANS) A British parliamentary group has expressed deep concerns over the case of a Christian girl, Maria Shehbaz, who was allegedly kidnapped and forced to marry in Pakistan. The parliamentary group’s statement comes after Pakistan’s Federal Constitutional Court termed the marriage of Maria Shehbaz lawful. However, the girl’s father has said that she was underage at the time and was forced to convert. For years, girls from Christian and Hindu communities in Pakistan have been…
Islamabad, March 18 (IANS) A leading minority rights organisation flagged a troubling trend of abductions and forced religious conversions of girls from the minority community across Pakistan between 2021 and 2025, during which 515 cases were recorded. Citing data from various reports, the Voice of Pakistan Minority (VOPM) highlighted that while the figures may appear to be mere statistics, each number represents a human tragedy — “a frightened girl, a devastated family, and a community living …
New Delhi, Jan 9 (IANS) The Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) on Friday hit out at Pakistan once again over its absurd allegations that efforts were being made to erase Muslim heritage in India. Addressing a weekly media briefing in New Delhi on Friday, MEA spokesperson Randhir Jaiswal stated that Pakistan should look at the situation of minorities in their own country before making comment about others. When asked about Pakistan Foreign Office (PFO) spokesperson Tahir Andrabi’s recent remarks …