Pakistan: 16-year-old Hindu girl abducted, forcibly converted and married to Muslim man

Islamabad, July 14: In yet another case of forced conversion in Pakistan, a 16-year-old Hindu girl Kareena was abducted, and forcibly converted to Islam. Later, she was married off to a Muslim man named Khalil Rehman Jono of Meer Mohammad Jono village.

 

 

Soon after the Hindu girl was allegedly kidnapped in Unnar Muhalla, Qazi Ahmed town, members of Hindu community took to the streets to stage a protest in front of Zardari House in Nawabshah. The protesters chanted slogans against police and demanded former president Asif Ali Zardari intervene to help them recover the minor girl.

 

 

However, the police have said that the Hindu girl eloped with the Muslim man. Rejecting claims, Hindu Panchayat vice president Lajpat Rai said that a delegation of the Hindu community met the SSP but he had not helped them, he said even after FIR was registered against the forced conversion.

 

Manomal, another Panchayat leader, said that the abducted girl was under pressure to change religion and was not being produced in any court. He appealed to Asif Ali Zardari to help the Hindu community in the recovery of the girl. When the protestors reached close to Zardari House, police stopped them from advancing to the former president’s residence and persuade them to end the protest over assurance the girl would be produced in court.

 

There have been several such cases taking place in Pakistan, however, no justice is being served. Atrocities against minorities have been happening continuously in the country.