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Daily Times
April 11, 2021
How painful that Pakistan, founded by the respected and law-abiding leader Quaid-e-Azam, is now known as a country where abductions, child marriages, forced conversions and attacks on temples remain common occurrences. Equally alarming is how nobody truly has the courage to raise their voices against such crimes and stand with the victims.
Presently, non-Muslim minority communities in Pakistan face twin threats: forced conversion and encroachment and destruction of holy sites of worship at the hands of extremist elements.
Back in 2019, a commission constituted by Islamabad High Court (ICH) disclosed that at least 300 cases of forced conversion were taking place every year here in Pakistan, with girls aged 12-16 years being particularly vulnerable. The majority of cases targeted those living in Sindh. And while the provincial assembly had passed a bill prohibiting forced conversions in 2015, the government later withdrew it. The ICH commission argued tha