Forced abductions and conversions of minority Hindu girls continue unabated in Pakistan, another 13 year old girl abducted in Sindh

 

Cases of forced abductions and conversions of Hindu girls and women continue unabated in Pakistan. Another case of the forced abduction of a minor Hindu girl named Radha Meghwar, age13, has been reported from Tando Mohammad Khan area of Sindh by Tharo Khashleli and his goons on October 8.

 

The family members have registered a complaint but more than 5 days have already passed but the police failed to arrest the accused. Members of the minority community have appealed to the police to recover the girl before she is forcibly converted and married.

 

 

Hindu girls forced abduction continue to occur, aiming to pressure Sindhi Hindus to leave their land. He further added that the police didn't recover the girl, instead, they asked us where to find her. If we had information about her whereabouts, we would have rescued her ourselves and not sought help from the police, he said.

 

It is worth mentioning here that in July also, a minor Hindu girl Amro Kolhi was also abducted by a Muslim Farooq Sheikh from Pakistan’s Sindh province.

 

According to Indian authorities, as many as 124 cases of forced conversions and marriage involving girls and women from minority communities have been reported from Pakistan in the past 1 year. Many of the victims were minors.

 

While many from the minority communities have been living in the fear of abduction, the Indian government believes that the local police and authorities in Pakistan have added to their woes by not taking serious action against the perpetrators.

 

India had slammed Pakistan at the UNHRC in March this year for forced conversion and marriage saying underage girls from the minority communities were being converted to Islam abetted by a predatory state and an apathetic judiciary. “Hindu and Sikh communities face similar issues of frequent attacks on their places of worship and forced conversion of their underage girls. The state's crackdown on those who wish to raise their voice against any of these heinous policies is also incomparable,” the government had said.

 

As per Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, Muslims account for about 96 percent of the country’s 207 million population, while Hindus’s account for 2 percent and Christians around 1.6 percent.