Pakistani media asks Nawaz Sharif govt to protect Hindus in the country
7 years, 8 months ago

Pakistani media asks Nawaz Sharif govt to protect Hindus in the country

India TV News  

Pakistani media asks Nawaz Sharif govt to protect Hindus in the country "For one, the conversion of Hindu girls - many of them underage - and young women, is often used to ‘legitimize' their kidnapping and rape," the Dawn said in an article. The Dawn said an investigative report about forced conversions of Hindus it carried detailed how "certain mullahs and feudals are exploiting poverty and class distinctions to put Thar's Hindu community under unprecedented pressure. "For one, the conversion of Hindu girls - many of them underage - and young women, is often used to ‘legitimize' their kidnapping and rape. "The state has a duty to protect the Hindu community and its right to live as Hindus," the Dawn said.

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Hindu Girl In Pakistan Kidnapped, Forcefully Converted, Then Married To Muslim Man
4 months ago

Hindu Girl In Pakistan Kidnapped, Forcefully Converted, Then Married To Muslim Man

ABP News  

A 10-year-old Hindu girl was abducted and forcibly married to a Muslim man in Pakistan's Sindh province, but authorities managed to rescue her. According to Shiva Kachhi, president of the Pakistan Darawar Ittehad, an NGO advocating for minority rights, a 15-year-old Hindu girl was married off to a 50-year-old Muslim man in a separate case. In June this year, a …

Pakistan has different standards for minor Muslim and non-Muslim girls kidnapped for marriage
9 months, 1 week ago

Pakistan has different standards for minor Muslim and non-Muslim girls kidnapped for marriage

Op India  

The authorities in Peshawar which is in Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, arrested a 72-year-old man for attempting to marry a 12-year-old girl. United Nations International Children’s Emergency Fund reported that 18.9 million Pakistani girls tie the knot before they reach 18 years of age and 4.6 million get married before they turn 16. an 11-year-old girl in Rajanpur, Punjab, was …

Karachi: 15-year-old Hindu girl kidnapped, forcefully converted to Islam, married to abductor
9 months, 1 week ago

Karachi: 15-year-old Hindu girl kidnapped, forcefully converted to Islam, married to abductor

Op India  

On June 13th, a shocking case of abduction of a minor Hindu girl and her forceful marriage to a Muslim youth came to the fore from the Karachi region of Pakistan. Pakistan:A 16-year-old #Hindu girl from Karachi was kidnapped, forcibly converted to #Islam, and married off to her abductor's #Muslim youth. Recently another 14-year-old was kidnapped, converted to Islam in …

Old tweet of Pakistan's caretaker PM saying he is waiting for all Hindus to convert to Islam goes viral
1 year, 5 months ago

Old tweet of Pakistan's caretaker PM saying he is waiting for all Hindus to convert to Islam goes viral

Op India  

Pakistan, which has a tainted history of persecuting, and discriminating against religious minorities especially the Hindus there, is currently under the rule of caretaker Prime Minister Anwaar ul Haq Kakar. An old post on X of Pakistan’s caretaker PM has now gone viral wherein he said that Muslims are ready to wait for a millennium to see all Hindus get …

'Put your own house in order': India slams Pakistan at UNGA over abysmal human rights record, terrorism
1 year, 5 months ago

'Put your own house in order': India slams Pakistan at UNGA over abysmal human rights record, terrorism

India TV News  

Exercising India's Right of Reply at the 78th Session of the United Nations General Assembly, First Secretary at UN for the second UNGA committee Petal Gehlot on Sunday lashed out at Pakistan for becoming a "habitual offender" of misusing multilateral forums to peddle "baseless and malicious" propaganda and called out the human rights abuses against minorities in the country. A …

Indian Muslim women don’t need male ‘saviours’ – Hindu or Muslim
1 year, 8 months ago

Indian Muslim women don’t need male ‘saviours’ – Hindu or Muslim

Al Jazeera  

In India, Islamophobic propaganda from the right often capitalises on unfounded fears of a Muslim population expansion. Recently, a femo-nationalist narrative has also gained traction, where influential women linked with Hindu nationalist organisations have urged Muslim women to marry a Hindu man to find “freedom” from alleged oppression. “Saving” the Muslim woman has been an indispensable component of India’s Hindu …

Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl kidnapped, converted and married to a 55-year-old
1 year, 9 months ago

Pakistan: Minor Hindu girl kidnapped, converted and married to a 55-year-old

Op India  

The radicalisation of Pakistani Muslim society has resulted in yet another ghastly case of abduction and forced conversion of a minor Hindu girl in the country. According to news reports, a 9-year-old Hindu girl was kidnapped from her house earlier this month by a 55-year-old man in Sindh province who proceeded to marry her. According to Indian officials, 124 incidents …

Just Two Months Into 2023, 19 Hindu Girls Abducted and Forced to Convert in Pakistan
2 years ago

Just Two Months Into 2023, 19 Hindu Girls Abducted and Forced to Convert in Pakistan

News 18  

At least 19 cases of Hindu girls and women being abducted in the first two months of this year have come to light in Pakistan even as courts and the country’s authorities refuse to take forced conversion allegations seriously. As per media reports and complaints registered, six cases of forced conversion and abduction of women from the minority Hindu community …

‘Underage girls are converted to Islam abetted by…’: India slams Pak at UNHRC
2 years ago

‘Underage girls are converted to Islam abetted by…’: India slams Pak at UNHRC

Live Mint  

In the Right o Reply in response to the statement delivered by Pakistan at Human Rights Council, United Nations, India stated, "underage girls from the community are converted to Islam abetted by a predatory state and an apathetic judiciary. Marking the case of forced conversion meted out on underage girls, India at the UNHRC slammed Pakistan for ‘misusing forum for …

Pakistan urged to act against forced child marriages, conversions
2 years, 2 months ago

Pakistan urged to act against forced child marriages, conversions

Al Jazeera  

Rights experts from the United Nations have deplored abductions, forced marriages and conversions of girls from Pakistan’s religious minorities, urging the government to swiftly halt such practices. “We are very concerned that such marriages and conversions take place under threat of violence to these girls and women, or their families.” The UN experts called on Pakistan’s government “to take immediate …

75 Years After Partition, Hindus Still Treated Like Second-Class Citizens in Indian Subcontinent
2 years, 2 months ago

75 Years After Partition, Hindus Still Treated Like Second-Class Citizens in Indian Subcontinent

News 18  

On 5 January, Bangladesh National Hindu Grand Alliance tabled its annual report of atrocities on Bangladeshi minorities. Pakistan didn’t even have a legal provision to register Hindu marriages until 2017 when a law was passed in the Pakistani senate. Seventy-five years have passed since Partition but even today certain rights such as divorce, adoption and inheritance evade Hindus of Pakistan. …

Pakistan: Hindu woman kidnapped, raped, converted to Islam and married to Muslim abductor
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Hindu woman kidnapped, raped, converted to Islam and married to Muslim abductor

Firstpost  

Islamabad: In yet another shocking incident raising concerns over the situation of minorities in Pakistan, a Hindu woman from Matli in Sindh province was kidnapped, raped, converted to Islam and married to her abductor, local media reported. Recently, a Pakistani court did not allow a Hindu girl to leave a shelter home and go with her parents despite medical tests …

Pakistan: Hindu girl not allowed to leave shelter home by court despite being proved a minor
2 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan: Hindu girl not allowed to leave shelter home by court despite being proved a minor

Firstpost  

The girl was abducted two months ago from Sindh’s Hyderabad city and was recovered and sent to a safe home on 20 October after a court ruling Karachi: A Pakistani court on Thursday did not allow a Hindu girl to leave a shelter home and go with her parents despite medical tests confirming that she was 16 years old when …

Pakistan: Hindu girl’s killing reignites forced conversion fears
2 years, 11 months ago

Pakistan: Hindu girl’s killing reignites forced conversion fears

Al Jazeera  

Teenage girl shot dead after she resists abduction for alleged forced marriage and conversion, prompting fear among the minority community. Islamabad, Pakistan – A teenage Hindu girl was killed last week in Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province after she resisted abduction for alleged forced marriage and conversion, prompting fear among the country’s minority community. “The prime suspect has even confessed to …

Is Amendment to Marriage Act a Precursor to Uniform Civil Code?
3 years, 2 months ago

Is Amendment to Marriage Act a Precursor to Uniform Civil Code?

News 18  

The Modi government has stoked yet another controversy by introducing the Prohibition of Child Marriage Bill, which seeks to raise the marriageable age of women to 21 years, making it uniform for both women and men. Since various Opposition parties, Muslim officials, and Muslim clerics have declared resistance to the notion, they say, the BJP in Uttar Pradesh will be …

Pakistan: 1,000 Hindu and Christian women converted to Islam every year, says activist
3 years, 4 months ago

Pakistan: 1,000 Hindu and Christian women converted to Islam every year, says activist

Op India  

The Islamic country of Pakistan has become a hotbed of violence against women, especially those belonging to minority Hindu, Christian and Sikh communities. She has said that over 1,000 girls belonging to Hindu and Christian communities are forcefully converted to Islam every year in Pakistan. Human Rights activist Ashiknaz Khokhar has also said that the government of Pakistan is not …

Human Rights report sheds light on abysmal state of Hindus in Pakistan
3 years, 7 months ago

Human Rights report sheds light on abysmal state of Hindus in Pakistan

Op India  

A 2019 field investigation report by the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has reaffirmed an unpleasant reality that is already known for far too long—minorities in Pakistan live under constant fear of persecution as their perpetrators enjoy court sanctions, support from the influential and affluent section of the society and patronage from political leaders. In May 2019, the fact-finding team …

Hindus in Pakistan are accepting Islam so that they can survive in the country
4 years, 7 months ago

Hindus in Pakistan are accepting Islam so that they can survive in the country

Op India  

Pakistani Hindus are known to be one the most badly persecuted minority community in the world. There have been regular reports about how young Hindu girls are kidnapped and married off to their abductors in Pakistan. Now a report in the New York Times has shown how the poor Hindus of Pakistan are left with no choice but to accept …

Hundreds of Pakistani Hindus, victims of bonded labour and poor, convert to Islam for jobs: Report
4 years, 7 months ago

Hundreds of Pakistani Hindus, victims of bonded labour and poor, convert to Islam for jobs: Report

India TV News  

Religious persecution and forced conversion continues unabated in Pakistan as dozens of Hindu families were converted to Islam in June in the Badin district of Sindh Province in southern Pakistan, which borders with Gujarat's Kutch at its south. According to a New York Times report, the mass ceremony was the latest in line of growing number of attempts by various …

Poor and desperate, Pakistan's dwindling population of Hindus accepts Islam to get by
4 years, 7 months ago

Poor and desperate, Pakistan's dwindling population of Hindus accepts Islam to get by

Firstpost  

Forced conversions of Hindu girls and women to Islam through kidnapping and coerced marriages occur throughout Pakistan. “Everyone helps the people of their faith.” As Sheikh sees it, there is nothing left for Pakistan’s more affluent Hindus to give to help the people of their own faith. “The dehumanisation of minorities coupled with these very scary times we are living …

Pak Hindu girl abducted from wedding venue, forcibly converted to Islam and married to Muslim man
5 years, 1 month ago

Pak Hindu girl abducted from wedding venue, forcibly converted to Islam and married to Muslim man

India TV News  

A 24-year-old Hindu girl was allegedly abducted by armed assailants from her wedding venue in Pakistan's Sindh province and forcefully converted to Islam before being married off to a Muslim man, community members said, in the latest such incident in the country. The All Pakistan Hindu Council on Sunday said Bharti Bai was abducted from her wedding ceremony last week …

Pak Hindus turn to social media to raise girls' conversion
5 years, 2 months ago

Pak Hindus turn to social media to raise girls' conversion

India TV News  

Netizens in Pakistan are seeking to grab the global attention by raising the growing incidents of abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls. In the recent case, Mehak, a girl from the minority community, was kidnapped from the Jacobabad district in the Sindh province on January 15 and converted to Islam. When the local and the national media ignored the …

Another Hindu girl allegedly kidnapped, forcibly converted in Pakistan
5 years, 2 months ago

Another Hindu girl allegedly kidnapped, forcibly converted in Pakistan

India Today  

Cases of forced conversions of young Hindu girls continue to surface from Pakistan's Sindh province, raising serious challenges for the Imran Khan government over its tall claims of security and safety of minorities in the country. I accepted Islam at Dargah Amrot Sharif and have married Raza there also," said Arok Kumari aka Aliza. Before Kumari released the video, the …

'Abduction', conversion of Sikh teenager in Pakistan's Punjab angers minorities; woman says she embraced Islam willingly
5 years, 6 months ago

'Abduction', conversion of Sikh teenager in Pakistan's Punjab angers minorities; woman says she embraced Islam willingly

Firstpost  

The teenager, Jagjit Kaur, released a statement on Thursday saying she has married a Muslim and converted to Islam of her own volition even as her family alleges that an influential Muslim family has kidnapped her at gunpoint Islamabad: The alleged conversion of a Sikh teen in Pakistan has touched a raw nerve with minorities and sparked an outcry. District …

Teenage Hindu girl's kidnapping sparks protest in Pakistan's Punjab
5 years, 11 months ago

Teenage Hindu girl's kidnapping sparks protest in Pakistan's Punjab

India Today  

A teenage Hindu girl's kidnapping by an "influential" Muslim man in Pakistan's Punjab province sparked outrage among the minority community that held a sit-in here on Thursday, blocking the city's main road to press the Imran Khan government to recover her safely. Last month, two Hindu teenage sisters - Raveena and Reena - were allegedly kidnapped by a group of …

In Pakistan, the problem of forced conversions
5 years, 11 months ago

In Pakistan, the problem of forced conversions

The Hindu  

For the Hindus of Sindh in Pakistan, March 20, the day Holi was celebrated, was a riot of colours. The issue of conversion India’s concern about the case was echoed on April 2 by the Chief Justice of the Islamabad High Court, Athar Minallah, who, when the sisters were produced before the court, asked, “Why are such incidents repeatedly being …

Hindu girls weren’t forcibly converted: Pakistan court
5 years, 11 months ago

Hindu girls weren’t forcibly converted: Pakistan court

The Hindu  

A Pakistani High Court on Thursday declared that the two Hindu teenage sisters were not forcibly converted from Hinduism to Islam, and permitted them to live with their spouses, according to a media report. The commission comprising Human Rights Minister Shireen Mazari, prominent Muslim scholar Mufti Taqi Usmani, Human Rights Commission of Pakistan Chairperson Dr Mehdi Hasan, National Commission on …

Two Hindu girls gets forcibly converted to Islam and married off in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal: Report
5 years, 11 months ago

Two Hindu girls gets forcibly converted to Islam and married off in Mamata Banerjee’s West Bengal: Report

Op India  

In a horrific case of Love Jihad, two Hindu girls, including a minor have been forcibly converted to Islam and then married off to Muslim men in Kolkata, reported MyNation. The accused Muslim youth had then threatened to kill the girls and their family, to forcing them to accept Islam and get married, said the victim’s father. The father of …

Another Hindu girl abducted in Pakistan’s Sindh: Day after FIR against man, he claims teen he married embraced Islam, is not a minor
5 years, 11 months ago

Another Hindu girl abducted in Pakistan’s Sindh: Day after FIR against man, he claims teen he married embraced Islam, is not a minor

Firstpost  

A Pakistani man has claimed that a Hindu woman, who authorities said was a minor and abducted by four armed men, has converted to Islam and married him in Sindh province Islamabad: A Pakistani man has claimed that a Hindu woman, who authorities said was a minor and abducted by four armed men, has converted to Islam and married him …

Another Hindu girl abducted in Pakistan
5 years, 11 months ago

Another Hindu girl abducted in Pakistan

India TV News  

Days after two minor Hindu sisters in Pakistan were allegedly kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam, another Hindu girl has been abducted by armed men in Sindh province, media reports said on Wednesday. One of the four suspects, who purported to be the girl's husband, denied her father's claim that she was a minor and claimed that the girl was …

Another minor Hindu girl abducted from Pakistan’s Sindh, third case in a week
5 years, 11 months ago

Another minor Hindu girl abducted from Pakistan’s Sindh, third case in a week

Op India  

The outrage over the kidnapping, forcible conversion and marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Pakistan had yet not settled when another fresh report of a Hindu minor girl belonging to the Meghwar community, being kidnapped from Tando Bagho in Badin district in Pakistan’s Sindh province has surfaced. After the news of the abduction of the 16-year-old Hindu girl recently …

Pak man claims Hindu woman embraces Islam, marries him; FIR says she is minor, abducted
5 years, 11 months ago

Pak man claims Hindu woman embraces Islam, marries him; FIR says she is minor, abducted

India TV News  

Pak man claims Hindu woman embraces Islam, marries him; FIR says she is minor, abducted His claim came a day after the provincial Minorities Affairs Minister Hari Ram Kishori Lal directed authorities to register an FIR of the abduction and provide protection to the girl's family. A Pakistani man has claimed that a Hindu woman, who authorities said was a …

Conversion of Hindu girls to Islam: Imran Khan's intervention forces Pakistan police to act against perpetrators
5 years, 11 months ago

Conversion of Hindu girls to Islam: Imran Khan's intervention forces Pakistan police to act against perpetrators

Firstpost  

In a recent development, police in Pakistan have arrested seven people who allegedly facilitated abduction and forced conversion of the sisters from Ghotki. Ghotki, Sindh: Abduction of two minor Hindu girls in Ghotki district of Pakistan’s Sindh province on the eve of Holi festival has brought forth yet again the issue of forced conversions of minority Hindu community, particularly young …

Pakistan places 2 Hindu girls in protection after alleged forced conversion
5 years, 11 months ago

Pakistan places 2 Hindu girls in protection after alleged forced conversion

India TV News  

A Pakistani high court on Tuesday ordered official protection for the two Hindu girls due to concern about their safety as authorities widened a probe to ascertain if the teenage sisters were abducted, forcibly converted and married. Chief Justice Athar Minallah heard the case about controversy over conversion of the two Hindu girls from Ghotki area of Sindh province and …

Sushma Swaraj demands justice for Pak Hindu girls forced to convert, marry
5 years, 11 months ago

Sushma Swaraj demands justice for Pak Hindu girls forced to convert, marry

Hindustan Times  

External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj on Tuesday demanded that the two Pakistani Hindu girls, who were allegedly abducted, forcibly converted to Islam and married to Muslim men should be reunited with their families. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj took a dig at Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan while demanding justice for the two minor Hindu girls who were allegedly abducted, …

Abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls: Islamabad HC orders state to take custody, ensure safety of minor girls
5 years, 11 months ago

Abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls: Islamabad HC orders state to take custody, ensure safety of minor girls

Op India  

The Islamabad High Court today ordered the state to ensure that the two girls who were abducted and forcefully married to Muslim men following forced religious conversion are taken into custody and safety is provided. Earlier today, External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj had questioned Pakistani Prime Minister Imran Khan on his promises of ‘Naya Pakistan’ and promises of safety to …

Abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls: Sushma Swaraj questions Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’
5 years, 11 months ago

Abduction and forced conversion of Hindu girls: Sushma Swaraj questions Imran Khan’s ‘Naya Pakistan’

Op India  

Two underage Hindu girls Raveena and Reena had been abducted from their home in Pakistan’s Sindh on the eve of Holi. While the local police, who only lodged an FIR after protestors took to streets, have so far been unable to rescue the girls and unite them with their family, Ch Fawad Hussain, Pakistan’s I&B minister had tried to warn …

Pak Hindu minor girls approach court seeking protection, man suspected to assist in wedding held
5 years, 11 months ago

Pak Hindu minor girls approach court seeking protection, man suspected to assist in wedding held

The Hindu  

A man suspected to have assisted in solemnising the wedding of two Pakistani Hindu minor girls, who were reportedly abducted and forcefully converted to Islam, was arrested on Sunday, as the teenagers approached a court in Pakistan’s Punjab province seeking protection, according to a media report. Earlier in the day, a war of words broke out between External Affairs Minister …

Pakistan PM Imran Khan orders probe into forced conversion and marriages of 2 teenage Hindu girls
5 years, 11 months ago

Pakistan PM Imran Khan orders probe into forced conversion and marriages of 2 teenage Hindu girls

India Today  

Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said on Sunday. Ch Fawad Hussain March 24, 2019 On Saturday, Chaudhry said that the government had taken notice of reports of …

Pakistan: Two underage Hindu girls abducted from Sindh, converted to Islam and married
6 years ago

Pakistan: Two underage Hindu girls abducted from Sindh, converted to Islam and married

Op India  

Two Hindu girls, sisters aged 13 and 15, were abducted on March 20 and later converted to Islam, in Dharki town of Sindh’s Ghotki district in Pakistan. pic.twitter.com/w17mRYjM3f — Naila Inayat नायला इनायत March 21, 2019 According to the Times of India report, a First Information Report in the case was only lodged after a heavy protest by the minority …

India to confront Pakistan about the issue of forced conversion of Sikhs to Islam
7 years, 3 months ago

India to confront Pakistan about the issue of forced conversion of Sikhs to Islam

Op India  

A few days ago we had reported that, the Sikh community living in Pakistan’s Hangu district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa had complained that, it was being forced to convert to Islam. It’s our duty to help protect the Sikh identity and the @MEAIndia should pursue the matter at the highest levels.https://t.co/sRFjV1pk5Q — Capt.Amarinder Singh December 19, 2017 External affairs minister Sushma …

Forced conversions, oppression leading to mass exodus of Hindus from Pakistan: report
7 years, 9 months ago

Forced conversions, oppression leading to mass exodus of Hindus from Pakistan: report

India TV News  

Forced conversions, oppression leading to mass exodus of Hindus from Pakistan: report Forced conversions, oppression and suppression has resulted in a drastic decline in the Hindu population in Pakistan – about 23 per cent in 1947 to only 6 per cent now, Islamabad’s leading newspaper The Nation reported Forced conversions, oppression and suppression has resulted in a drastic decline in …

No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily
9 years, 1 month ago

No marriage law for Hindus in Pakistan: Daily

India TV News  

Islamabad: Hindus in Pakistan, who constitute 1.6% of country's total population, have been struggling to get a marriage law since independence. There is no marriage law for Hindus living in the country and this ‘legal vacuum naturally creates a multitude of issues for Pakistani Hindus', especially the women, a leading daily said today. Hindu women, an editorial ‘Hindu marriage bill' …

Tale of a Pakistani Hindu whose wife was kidnapped and daughter raped! | IndiaTV News
9 years, 9 months ago

Tale of a Pakistani Hindu whose wife was kidnapped and daughter raped! | IndiaTV News

India TV News  

Discrimination against Hindus living in Pakistan has been increasing constantly over a period of time. Undoubtedly, Pakistan has proved to be a living hell for the Hindus, who preferred to live in Jinnah's country at the time of partition. By 1998, it was only 1.6%,” says a report titled "Hindus in South Asia & the Diaspora: A Survey of Human …

Forced conversions torment Pakistan’s Hindus
10 years, 7 months ago

Forced conversions torment Pakistan’s Hindus

Al Jazeera  

Hindus in Pakistan live in fear as girls from minority community forced to marry Muslim men amid official apathy. I will die before I marry him.” ‘Vulnerable’ HRCP chairperson Zohra Yusuf said Muslim girls in Pakistan are also abducted and married against their will or sold into prostitution. “There’s no such thing as forced conversions in Islam and in Pakistan,” …

US lawmakers asks Sharif to protect minorities in Pakistan
10 years, 8 months ago

US lawmakers asks Sharif to protect minorities in Pakistan

Firstpost  

Expressing deep concern over human rights violations in the Sindh province of Pakistan, influential American lawmakers have asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to protect Hindus, Christians and other religious minorities in the country. Washington: Expressing deep concern over human rights violations in the Sindh province of Pakistan, influential American lawmakers have asked Prime Minister Nawaz Sharif to protect Hindus, Christians …

Pakistani Hindus angered by 'forced conversions'
11 years, 1 month ago

Pakistani Hindus angered by 'forced conversions'

India TV News  

Pakistani Hindus angered by 'forced conversions' Karachi: Pakistan's Hindu minority is angered by “forced conversions”, with leaders of the community saying girls as young as six years were being pressured to change their religion.“Can you accept your daughters being forcibly married Karachi: Pakistan's Hindu minority is angered by “forced conversions”, with leaders of the community saying girls as young as …

Hindus, Shias, other minorities worse off in Pakistan: US report
11 years, 8 months ago

Hindus, Shias, other minorities worse off in Pakistan: US report

India TV News  

Washington, July 18: The already poor religious freedom environment for Christians, Ahmadis and Hindus has continued to deteriorate in Pakistan over the last eighteen months, according to a US body monitors violations of religious freedom abroad. Releasing the findings of its Pakistan Religious Violence Project Wednesday, the US Commission on International Religious Freedom said it had tracked 203 publicly-reported incidents …

A growing intolerance
12 years, 7 months ago

A growing intolerance

The Hindu  

Pardon the plugging of a piece by Pakistani writer Mohammed Hanif that appeared in Dawn last week. So targeted are the Shias that many wonder if Pakistan’s founding father Mohammad Ali Jinnah — a Shia — would have been able to live there today. That is how the Rinkle Kumari case — of the girl who was allegedly kidnapped by …

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