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Christians demand removal of Pak Religious Affairs Minister for promoting
Updated : 3 years, 1 month ago IST
Christians in Pakistan have been facing systematic persecution as not only their churches were being targeted but also girls who are being kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam.
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Alarm raised over religious conversions of underage girls in Pakistan
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Noting Pakistan's previous attempts to pass legislation prohibiting forced conversions and protecting religious minorities, the UN experts deplored the lack of access to justice for victims and their families.
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India calls on Pakistan to protect minorities after killing of Hindu woman
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
India on Thursday called on Pakistan to protect its minorities after the killing of a Hindu woman Daya Bheel in Sindh province.
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Women from minorities live in fear as forced conversion, marriages continu
Updated : 3 years, 2 months ago IST
Recently, a minor Hindu girl, aged 13, was abducted from her home by a man named Arshad Ali from Karachi, Sindh.
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Priest of UP church booked over alleged forced conversion
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
"Local police station got the information that a priest, Polo Messiah, a resident of civil lines, was gathering people from other communities and attempting to convert them," the DCP said.
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Uttarakhand Police file cross FIR in forced conversion case
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
The Uttarakhand police on Saturday registered a cross FIR in connection with the attack by a group of youths in a Christmas program in Uttarkashi district, alleging "forced conversion".
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Pakistan's civil society protests forceful conversion of minor girls to Is
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Highlighting the plight of religious minorities in Pakistan, a human rights group in a fresh report laid bare the rising number of cases of abduction, forced faith conversion, forced and child marriage of girls belonging to the minority Christian community.
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Canadian Minister responds to World Sindhi Congress petition about human r
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
Canada's MP Garnett Genuis presented the petition in the parliament about the Notan Lal case, misuse of blasphemy law against minorities, abduction, and forced conversion of young girls.
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Britain rejects Bilawal's plea to consider Pakistan as emerging market
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
He appealed to the world on the same day when Britain announced sanctions against a Muslim cleric Maulana Abdul Haq alias Mian Mithu for forced conversion of non-Muslims in Pakistan's Sindh province.
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World Sindhi Congress thanks UK for sanctions on Pak cleric accused of for
Updated : 3 years, 3 months ago IST
World Sindhi Congress (WSC) thanked the government of UK for putting sanctions on Mian Mithu, who has been involved with the forced conversions of Sindhi Hindu girls in Sindh.
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SC seeks Centre's affidavit on plea to check 'forced religious conversion'
Updated : 3 years, 4 months ago IST
The Supreme Court on Monday remarked that forced religious conversion is a "very serious issue" and may affect the "security of the country" along with the freedom of conscience of citizens as far as religion is concerned.
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Pakistan: 15-year-old Hindu girl abducted in Sindh
Updated : 3 years, 5 months ago IST
Sindh [Pakistan], October 12 (ANI): A 15-year-old Hindu girl Chanda Maharaj has been abducted from Hyderabad in Sindh on Tuesday.
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