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UN Urges Pak For Action On Coerced Religious Conversions, Forced Marriage
The United Nations expressed alarm at the spike in the number of abductions, forced marriages, and conversions of minor women from religious minorities in Pakistan and called for immediate efforts to prevent this crime and ensure justice for victim.
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Hindu Girl, 13, Allegedly Kidnapped In Pakistan's Sindh: Report
A 13-year-old girl belonging to the Hindu community in Pakistan's Sindh province has reportedly been abducted last week while she was returning from the market.
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End This Discriminatory Approach Towards Minorities: India To Pakistan
India on Thursday called upon Pakistan to end its "discriminatory" approach towards its minorities and ensure their safety in view of a recent case of the alleged kidnapping and forced conversion to Islam of a Sikh girl from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Pak Fails To Protect Religious Minorities From Forced Conversions: Parliamentary Committee
A parliamentary committee in Pakistan has said that the country has not fulfilled its responsibility to protect religious minorities from forced conversions, according to a media report on Tuesday.
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India Summons Pak Diplomat, Protests Hindu Woman's Kidnapping: Sources
The Union government today summoned a senior official from the Pakistan High Commission to register its protest against the alleged abduction of a Hindu woman midway through her marriage ceremony at Hala city in the neighbouring country's Sindh province two days ago.
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Pak Court Sends Hindu Girl, 15, To Protection Centre After Forced Conversion
A 15-year-old Hindu girl, who was forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man in Pakistan's Sindh province, has been sent to a women protection centre following a court order, officials said.
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"Speak For Minorities In Pak": BJP MP To Malala Yousafzai On J&K Tweet
Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai's tweet on Jammu and Kashmir drew a sharp response from a BJP MP, who told the young Pakistani activist to instead raise concern for minorities in her country where they are subjected to "forceful conversion and persecution".
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Amarinder Singh Offers Help To Girl Forcibly Converted To Islam In Pak
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has offered help to the Sikh girl, who was allegedly abducted and forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan, to come and settle in India.
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Imran Khan's Promise To Sikhs Amid Outrage Over Teen's Kidnapping
In an attempt to reach out to the Sikh community after cases of forced conversion of Sikh girls in Pakistan, Imran Khan on Monday promised that his government would facilitate the visit of pilgrims to Kartarpur and Nankana Sahib Gurdwaras for Guru Nank Dev ji's 550th birth anniversary.
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Pakistan Forms Panel Over Alleged Kidnapping, Conversion Of Sikh Girl
Under pressure, the government in Pakistan's Punjab province has constituted a high-level committee to negotiate with Sikhs angry over the kidnapping and forced conversion of a teenage girl from the community.
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Sikh Girl Allegedly Kidnapped In Pakistan Returns To Family; 8 Arrested
A Sikh girl who was allegedly kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan has returned home to her parents, Nankana Sahib police said on Friday.
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Issue Of Forced Religious Conversion In Pak Figures In Rajya Sabha
A demand to mount international pressure on Pakistan over the issue of forceful religious conversion of minority Hindu and Sikh girls was raised in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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Pak Rights Body Raises Concern Over Forced Conversions Of Girls
Pakistan's independent human rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents of forced conversions and marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, saying around 1,000 such cases were reported just in the southern Sindh province alone last year.
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Pak Court Orders Probe Into Case Of Forced Conversion Of Hindu Girls
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday formed an independent five-member commission to probe the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province that led to massive protests by the minority community in the country.
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Pak Hindu Lawmaker Moves Bills On Child Marriage, Forced Conversion
A Hindu lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khan's party has moved two bills in Parliament seeking enhancement of punishment for those involved in forced conversion and for making child marriage a cognisable offence, amid the nationwide outrage over the alleged forced conversion of two teenage girls from the minority community.
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UN Urges Pak For Action On Coerced Religious Conversions, Forced Marriage
The United Nations expressed alarm at the spike in the number of abductions, forced marriages, and conversions of minor women from religious minorities in Pakistan and called for immediate efforts to prevent this crime and ensure justice for victim.
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Hindu Girl, 13, Allegedly Kidnapped In Pakistan's Sindh: Report
A 13-year-old girl belonging to the Hindu community in Pakistan's Sindh province has reportedly been abducted last week while she was returning from the market.
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End This Discriminatory Approach Towards Minorities: India To Pakistan
India on Thursday called upon Pakistan to end its "discriminatory" approach towards its minorities and ensure their safety in view of a recent case of the alleged kidnapping and forced conversion to Islam of a Sikh girl from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
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Pak Fails To Protect Religious Minorities From Forced Conversions: Parliamentary Committee
A parliamentary committee in Pakistan has said that the country has not fulfilled its responsibility to protect religious minorities from forced conversions, according to a media report on Tuesday.
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India Summons Pak Diplomat, Protests Hindu Woman's Kidnapping: Sources
The Union government today summoned a senior official from the Pakistan High Commission to register its protest against the alleged abduction of a Hindu woman midway through her marriage ceremony at Hala city in the neighbouring country's Sindh province two days ago.
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Pak Court Sends Hindu Girl, 15, To Protection Centre After Forced Conversion
A 15-year-old Hindu girl, who was forcibly converted to Islam and married to a Muslim man in Pakistan's Sindh province, has been sent to a women protection centre following a court order, officials said.
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"Speak For Minorities In Pak": BJP MP To Malala Yousafzai On J&K Tweet
Nobel Prize laureate Malala Yousafzai's tweet on Jammu and Kashmir drew a sharp response from a BJP MP, who told the young Pakistani activist to instead raise concern for minorities in her country where they are subjected to "forceful conversion and persecution".
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Amarinder Singh Offers Help To Girl Forcibly Converted To Islam In Pak
Punjab Chief Minister Amarinder Singh has offered help to the Sikh girl, who was allegedly abducted and forced to convert to Islam in Pakistan, to come and settle in India.
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Imran Khan's Promise To Sikhs Amid Outrage Over Teen's Kidnapping
In an attempt to reach out to the Sikh community after cases of forced conversion of Sikh girls in Pakistan, Imran Khan on Monday promised that his government would facilitate the visit of pilgrims to Kartarpur and Nankana Sahib Gurdwaras for Guru Nank Dev ji's 550th birth anniversary.
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Pakistan Forms Panel Over Alleged Kidnapping, Conversion Of Sikh Girl
Under pressure, the government in Pakistan's Punjab province has constituted a high-level committee to negotiate with Sikhs angry over the kidnapping and forced conversion of a teenage girl from the community.
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Sikh Girl Allegedly Kidnapped In Pakistan Returns To Family; 8 Arrested
A Sikh girl who was allegedly kidnapped and forcibly converted to Islam in Pakistan has returned home to her parents, Nankana Sahib police said on Friday.
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Issue Of Forced Religious Conversion In Pak Figures In Rajya Sabha
A demand to mount international pressure on Pakistan over the issue of forceful religious conversion of minority Hindu and Sikh girls was raised in Rajya Sabha on Thursday.
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Pak Rights Body Raises Concern Over Forced Conversions Of Girls
Pakistan's independent human rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents of forced conversions and marriages of Hindu and Christian girls, saying around 1,000 such cases were reported just in the southern Sindh province alone last year.
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Pak Court Orders Probe Into Case Of Forced Conversion Of Hindu Girls
The Islamabad High Court on Tuesday formed an independent five-member commission to probe the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province that led to massive protests by the minority community in the country.
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Pak Hindu Lawmaker Moves Bills On Child Marriage, Forced Conversion
A Hindu lawmaker from Prime Minister Imran Khan's party has moved two bills in Parliament seeking enhancement of punishment for those involved in forced conversion and for making child marriage a cognisable offence, amid the nationwide outrage over the alleged forced conversion of two teenage girls from the minority community.
