India Seeks Report On Abduction And Conversion Of Hindu Girls In Pakistan, Imran Orders Probe
Two minor Hindu girls were forcibly married and reportedly taken to Rahim Yar Khan city of the province and forced to convert to Islam. The incident triggered protests by the Hindu minority community in the area External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan.
Two minor Hindu girls were forcibly married and reportedly taken to Rahim Yar Khan city of the province and forced to convert to Islam. According to reports, the two minor Hindu sisters -- 13-year-old Raveena and 15-year-old Reena -- were allegedly kidnapped, forcibly converted to Islam and then married in Pakistan's Sindh province.
The incident triggered protests by the Hindu minority community in the area.
External Affairs minister Sushma Swaraj has sought details from the Indian envoy in Pakistan.
In a tweet, Swaraj, while tagging a media report about the incident, said she has asked the Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report on the matter.
I have asked Indian High Commissioner in Pakistan to send a report on this. @IndiainPakistan
¡ª Chowkidar Sushma Swaraj (@SushmaSwaraj) March 24, 2019
Two Hindu girls abducted on Holi eve in Pakistan's Sindh https://t.co/r4bTBSoy9d via @TOIWorld
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan has issued instructions to Punjab CM that he must immediately look into the matter of the Hindu girls who were abducted from Sindh and are reportedly in Rahim Yar Khan. PM has instructed that if this is the case, the girls must immediately be recovered," Pakistan's Minister for Information and Broadcasting, Fawad Chaudhary, said.
"PM has also instructed Sindh and Punjab governments to formulate a joint strategy on the matter in order to avert such incidents in the future," he said.
"In Pakistan, the minorities are the white in our flag, all colours are dear to us and to protect our flag is our responsibility and obligation," Chaudhary added.
Soon after kidnapping, a video went viral in which a cleric was purportedly shown soleminising the Nikah (marriage) of the two girls.
A video that surfaced later, two sisters claimed they embraced Islam themselves and no one forced them to covert or get married.
An FIR was filed by the girls' brother, alleging that their father had an argument with the accused some time ago and on the eve of Holi they entered their home with pistols and took the sisters away.
