forced conversion

Despite NHRI calls for laws against forced conversions, minority girls remain vulnerable to coercion and abuse.

According to police, main accused who opened fire on the 18-year-old has been arrested

Move prompts protest from members of minority communities saying their lives will become 'living hell' after rejection

Minor girl's family stages protest in Kandhkot

Terms allegations fictitious, based on mala fide intent to malign Pakistan in global community

Any representative neither visited Israel nor govt has any plan to make ties with Jewish state, says Tahir Ashrafi

Patricia can be heard promising to reunite girl with ‘husband’ in exchange for custody in an audio recording

Development comes after medical board submits report confirming her age to not be more than 15 years

Intervener will be filed on my behalf, says minister for human rights

Stresses need for legislation to address the issue

Committee deliberated on the interpretation of concept of Wali for non-Muslims in case of conversion and marriage

Mehak Kumari was allegedly abducted and forced to convert to Islam

Authorities say Reno Kumari was kidnapped on her way to a college in Rohri on August 29

Sindh govt’s report reveals first wives of Barkat, Safdar showed concerns on second marriages without their consent

IHC rules teenagers converted to Islam voluntarily

The first law had to be scrapped after religious parties warned of protests

Husbands of the converted girls, Asia and Nadia filed petitions for their protection

Orders to ensure their protections; notes girls could not be send to Sindh till a decision

Girls' family claim pair forced into accepting Islam, then married off

Recent study shows abductions, forced conversions are the most serious problems faced by minorities

Pakistani Hindus are calling for help. We cannot continue to look the other way

Petitioner Maria told court she converted to Islam from Hinduism of her own free will

Protection of Minorities Bill failed to be passed into law despite being approved by Sindh Assembly members

DIG Mirpurkhas and SSP Tharparkar told to produce the girl before the court on June 22

Family claim underage girl was kidnapped; husband, girl say it was of her free will

Certificates of marriage and conversion to Islam does not mention Ravita Meghwadh's date of birth and NIC number

Christian girl, 13, recovered by court bailiff from house in Hafizabad

Sindh Assembly passed bill in November but caved in to religious parties’ protests

Nawaz affirms govt will not let extremists decide about heaven or hell

The Punjab Criminal Law (Protection of Minorities) Act of 2016 has been introduced

Once again the Pakistani state has bowed to pressure from unelected unrepresentative groups

JI leaders claim the bill was passed to appease 'anti-Islamic elements'

Sindh proudly maintains eight percent religious minorities, the highest religious diversity according to 1998 census

Govt should take action against people who challenge its authority, they say

The real issue is that Pakistan’s treatment of its minorities is a reflection on itself, its identity and its people

Sindh Assembly has passed unanimously the Forced Conversion Law

Govt taking steps to put an end to forced conversion

Sindh is the first province in Pakistan to pass the law

The bill, first of its kind in Pakistan, ensures right to religious freedom

Sajid says she is not eligible; girl tells court she consented to marriage

Mano Bheel claims local landlord abducted parents, wife and four kids

John said the SHO had refused to register an FIR against Alamdar and his family

The speakers of the workshop addressed issues and rights of minorities