Pakistan Peoples Party Chairman and Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto Zardari has directed Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah to enact legislation to stop forced conversion and forced marriages in Sindh.
CM Murad in the telephonic conversation with Chairman Bilawal Bhutto informed him about the establishment of a committee to create consensus among political parties over the issue of forced conversion and forced marriages.
On this occasion, Bilawal said that Sindh is already leading in the legislation against early marriage. “I hope that efforts to legislate on forced marriages will also be successful.”
On the other hand, while presiding over the emergency meeting regarding forced marriages, CM Murad Ali Shah said that the Sindh government is committed against forced religious conversion and to protect the rights of all minorities. The Law advisor Murtaza Wahab, The Chief Secretary Shail Rajput and other officers concerned attended the meeting. Shah said that Sindh government will form a committee to create a consensus on the forced conversion law, which is among their priorities. The CM hoped that a consensus would be reached on the issue through discussion and deliberation.
Published in The Express Tribune, December 10th, 2022.
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