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Pakistan: Nearly 1,000 Christian, Hindu women fall victim to forced conver
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], November 18 (ANI): Atrocities against minority women has now become common in Pakistan and according to recent data around 1,000 women belonging to Christian and Hindu communities are forced to convert to Islam every year.
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Pakistan: Parliamentary panel rejects anti-forced conversion bill
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], October 14 (ANI): After opposition from Pakistan's Ministry of Religious Affairs, a parliamentary committee on Wednesday rejected the anti-forced conversion bill amid protest from the lawmakers belonging to minority communities in the country.
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Minorities chief victims of forced conversions in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 27 (ANI): Minorities in Pakistan are the main victims of forced conversions as there have been numerous complaints of underage Hindu, Christian girls, or other minorities being made to marry and forcibly converted to other religions in Pakistan, a media report sa
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Deep ideological roots of anti-Hindu sentiment in Pakistan: Report
Updated : 4 years, 7 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], August 10 (ANI): Religious minorities in Pakistan are victimized through Islamist persecution -- from forced conversions to desecration of worship places. However, the South Asian country's anti-Hindu bigotry remains uniquely institutionalized.
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European rights group flags forcible conversion, marriage of 13 year-old C
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], July 14 (ANI): Pakistan has come under adverse international scrutiny for yet another case of forced conversion and marriage of a minor girl from Gujranwala city of Punjab province.
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Amit Shah meets All Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee delegation from Kas
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], July 4 (ANI): Days after the forced conversion and marriage of two Sikh girls in Kashmir, Union Home Minister Amit Shah on Sunday met a delegation from the All Sikh Gurdwara Management Committee-Kashmir in New Delhi.
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Sikh delegation urges MHA for UP-like anti-conversion law in J-K
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
New Delhi [India], June 29 (ANI): A Sikh delegation met Union Minister of State for Home Affairs G Kishan Reddy and submitted a memorandum over the alleged forced conversion and marriage of Sikh girls in Kashmir and demanded UP-like anti-conversion law in Jammu and Kashmir.
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UP ATS arrests three more in forced conversion case
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 28 (ANI): Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (ATS) on Monday arrested three more persons in the forced religious conversion case following arrests of two persons earlier.
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Pak's limited response to COVID-19 marred by lack of transparency, enforce
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 25 (ANI): The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan's (HRCP) annual report on the state of human rights in 2020 claimed that the government's initial response to the COVID-19 pandemic was marred by a lack of transparency and enforcement.
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UP forced conversion racket: Noida Deaf Society cooperating with ATS, says
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Noida (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 24 (ANI): After reports of religious conversion of deaf kids at the Noida Deaf Society, its founder Ruma Roka on Wednesday said that they were cooperating with Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) and have provided them with details of all the students.
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UP forced conversion racket: Hearing on police remand of arrested accused
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Lucknow (Uttar Pradesh) [India], June 22 (ANI): A local court here on Tuesday will hear the application by the Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorist Squad (UP ATS) seeking police remand of Mufti Qazi Jehangir Alam Qasmi and Mohammad Umar Gautam, who were arrested from Delhi in a case of forced religi
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Pakistan: 13-yr-old Christian girl forcibly converted to Islam, father see
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], June 16 (ANI): The forced conversion of girls from religious minorities to Islam continues unabated in Pakistan and its latest victim is a 13-year-old Christian girl.
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