Forced abductions of girls as young as twelve years of age have become a regular affair in Pakistan's Sindh as these girls have been trafficked to locations far from their homes and made to marry men who are often twice their age, Dailytimes reported.
Pakistan, which is already struggling with the adverse political and economic situation and continues to bear the brunt of forced marriages and conversions
According to the data compiled by one of Christian Solidarity Worldwide's (CSW) local partners in Pakistan, the Centre for Social Justice, 202 incidents were recorded and documented between 2021-2022. Almost all of them took place within the Sindh and Punjab provinces.
While addressing the presser on Tuesday, NMAP Chairman Lala Robin Daniel said that the system has collapsed and minor girls' respect and dignity are at stake due to a lack of implementation of laws and malpractices.
As women in Pakistan continue to bear the brunt of forced marriages and conversions, some have also succeeded to escape, bringing such incidents to light.
As part of the demonstration, taken out on Thursday, hundreds of members from various scheduled caste Hindu groups, such as the Kolhi, Bheel, Meghwar, Oad, and Bagri held a sit-in outside the provincial legislature under the banner of the Pakistan Darawer Ittehad.
In the eyes of the civilized world, the crime has the sanction of the Mullahs and their followers and that is why there are no protests of civil society or reports of human rights organizations.
In the seminar, speakers gave detailed presentations of the human rights situation in Balochistan and Sindh, particularly the cases of enforced disappearances and extrajudicial killings of socio-political and human rights defenders.
A resident of Malhi village of Sindh's Tharparkar district, Ishwar Bheel, said that his 20-year-old daughter Guddi Bheel was kidnapped by Sikhander Bajeer of Tando Adam Naukot of Mirpur-Khason on March 8 while returning from the hospital where she had gone to collect fever medicines for her
A seminar titled "Forced Conversion of the Religion and its Reality" was organised by the Islamabad Bar Association under the leadership of Mian Abdul Haq Mithu, a notorious cleric involved in promoting the heinous crime, deep-rooted hatred and indifference against minorities, especially Hin
Without any formal orders by the Pakistan government or the provincial governments, officers of the Balochistan government have found a fifty per cent cut in their salaries this month on the grounds that they are required to contribute to the Turkey relief aid, as per the report by the As