New Delhi (NVI): In another instance of lawlessness and abduction of girls from the minority community in Pakistan, a 14-year-old Christian girl was abducted in Faisalabad in Punjab province of the country for forced conversion and marriage.
The girl has been identified as Anum Shahzadi and human rights groups have launched an online campaign to put pressure on the authorities in Pakistan to come into action.
Voice of Pakistan Minority, one such organisation committed to protect the rights of minorities in Pakistan shared a video on Twitter in which the parents of the abducted minor girl can be seen pleading for her release.
After Arzoo, Maria, Huma, now 14 yr old minor #Christian girl Anum Shahzadi was abducted for forced conversion and marriage in Faisalabad, Punjab, #Pakistan.
This is the cost minorities pay for living in an Islamic state. #StopConvertingMinorities@KashifMD @ShireenMazari1 pic.twitter.com/DJUPkXP9ra— Voice of Pakistan Minority (@voice_minority) December 9, 2020
The kidnapping of girls from minority community is on the rise in Pakistan, despite pressure from the international community and Human Rights groups.
Earlier in October, a 13-year-old Christian girl named Arzoo Raja was forcibly abducted while playing outside her home in Karachi’s Railway Colony. She was forcibly converted to Islam and later married to a 44-year-old man. Various human rights organizations have demanded justice for Raja.
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