On Thursday, April 11, U.N. Human Rights experts issued a call for Pakistan to implement legal reforms in response to the ongoing vulnerability of women and girls from minority faiths to forced marriages and religious conversions. The U.N. special rapporteurs urged Pakistan to increase the legal marriage age for girls to […]
On March 13, 2024, in Basti Khaliq Pura, Multan, a distressing incident was reported involving 13-year-old Roshani Shakeel, a member of the Christian community. She was allegedly kidnapped, subjected to forced conversion to Islam, and subsequently married to her abductor, Muazzam Mazher. Nazia Shakeel, the victim’s mother, recounted the sequence of […]
The Christian family of a 10-year-old girl in Pakistan, who was subjected to abduction and enforced conversion to Islam last month, is plagued with apprehension that she may become a victim of human trafficking, according to sources. Laiba Suhail was kidnapped from her residence in Chak 233-RB Ikhlaq Town, Faisalabad District, […]