ISLAMABAD — An independent rights watchdog on Monday raised concerns about incidents in Pakistan of forced conversions and marriages of girls from the country’s minority Hindu and Christian community to Muslim men. It said around 1,000 cases of forced conversion of Hindu and Christian girls were reported just in the southern Sindh province last year. “Unfortunately, no authentic data is available on forced conversions” and marriages in Pakistan, the report said. Ghazi Salahuddin, a senior member of the watchdog, said Pakistani media have also faced “unprecedented curbs” in the previous year. The investigations concluded the girls were 18 and 19 and that they were not forced to change their religion.

Source: Washington Post April 15, 2019 09:59 UTC