Pakistan Forced Conversion Pakistan: People protest against forced conversions of minor girls in Okara
Okara: People recently demonstrated in Pakistan's Okara District as they demanded for the stoppage of forced conversions of minor girls.
They also demanded the passage of Anti-Forced Conversions Bill.
Earlier in January, Pakistan's minority councillors voiced their concerns over the lack of protection to religious minorities as the country is witnessing a steep increase in incidents of forced conversion, with cases rising from 15 in 2020 to over 60 in 2021, according to media reports as quoted by ANI.
More than 70 per cent of people who were forcibly converted were minor girls. Reports say every single year, at least 1,000 girls are abducted, forced to change their religious identity and are married off in Pakistan and there seem to be no measures taken in order to protect them from this criminal practice, the Indian news agency reported.
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