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In yet another incident of lawlessness, a Christian girl in Pakistan was brutally killed after her parents rejected a marriage proposal sent by a Muslim man.Officers from the Koral Police Station in Rawalpindi claimed to have arrested an accused named Faizan, whereas raids were being carried out to arrest the prime suspect, Shehzad.Shehzad's mother is also said to have sent her son's proposal for the victim Sonia, but her parents refused as she was to marry another man, identified as Faizan.According to police, on the day of the incident, the girl was travelling with Faizan on the highway, when Shehzad opened fire on her.The police said that, as per the preliminary investigation, the murder appears to have been carried out of personal resentment. However, the deputy inspector general (DIG)...

Right now, a case with critical bearing on the rights of minorities in Pakistan is being heard at the High Court in Sindh. The case carries with it a particularly thorny question of religious conversion when it goes hand in hand with underage marriage.A Christian girl named Arzoo recently sought a court injunction to prevent the registration of a kidnapping case against a man with whom she had undergone a ‘nikah’ (wedding) ceremony, and his family. She had claimed in an affidavit that she was of 18 years and was ‘marrying’ him after converting to Islam of her own free will.However, incontrovertible documentary evidence has emerged that shows she is a 13-year-old child. The police said they arrested the purported ‘husband’, recovered the girl and were moving her to a shelter home for three ...

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Pakistan: Christian girl killed for rejecting Muslim man’s marriage proposal

Rights of minorities and forced conversions in Pakistan

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