On Monday, a 13-year-old Christian girl’s custody was given to her husband by Sindh High Court in Pakistan.

According to local media reports, the girl had accepted Islam willingly, and did not claim to have been abducted or forced to marry.

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In the clip shared by Pakistan’s Daily Times, the girl was seen sitting, while another woman pleaded with her.&nbsp;

The girl - Arzoo Raja was reportedly&nbsp;kidnapped from her home on October 13 in Karachi’s Railway Colony. Soon after, an FIR was registered at Sindh court.

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Sindh police reached out to the family two days after the girl was reportedly abducted, and informed them that the abductor, Azhar Ali, was able to show a marriage certificate which claimed that was over 18 years old. The abductor is reportedly married with children.

Naveed Walter, the President of Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) said that minority girls belonging to Christian and Hindu groups are converted to Islam forcefully and married off to Muslim men.&nbsp;

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According to the HRFP fact-finding team, citing October 27, 2020 proceedings of the Sindh High Court, the records of the girl were altered to make her appear as an 18-year-old. Additionally, it also displayed her statement of free will whereby she claimed to have married on her own will.

Additionally, the probe found that the girl’s photo was replaced on legal documents, a concern raised by her mother Rita.&nbsp;

The spokespeople for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), including Pakistan, called for stricter implementation of the Kathmandu Call to Action to End Chill Marriage in Asia, which was first formulated in 2014.

On Monday, a 13-year-old Christian girl’s custody was given to her husband by Sindh High Court in Pakistan. According to local media reports, the girl had accepted Islam willingly, and did not claim to have been abducted or forced to marry.

On Monday, a 13-year-old Christian girl’s custody was given to her husband by Sindh High Court in Pakistan. According to local media reports, the girl had accepted Islam willingly, and did not claim to have been abducted or forced to marry. In the clip shared by Pakistan’s Daily Times, the girl was seen sitting, while another woman pleaded with her. The girl - Arzoo Raja was reportedly kidnapped from her home on October 13 in Karachi’s Railway Colony. Soon after, an FIR was registered at Sindh court. Also read: Protests grow in Pakistan over abduction, forced conversion of Catholic teen Sindh police reached out to the family two days after the girl was reportedly abducted, and informed them that the abductor, Azhar Ali, was able to show a marriage certificate which claimed that was over 18 years old. The abductor is reportedly married with children. Naveed Walter, the President of Human Rights Focus Pakistan (HRFP) said that minority girls belonging to Christian and Hindu groups are converted to Islam forcefully and married off to Muslim men. Also read: Amid rising border disputes, India to get 5 military theatre commands, 1 each for China & Pakistan According to the HRFP fact-finding team, citing October 27, 2020 proceedings of the Sindh High Court, the records of the girl were altered to make her appear as an 18-year-old. Additionally, it also displayed her statement of free will whereby she claimed to have married on her own will. Additionally, the probe found that the girl’s photo was replaced on legal documents, a concern raised by her mother Rita. The spokespeople for South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), including Pakistan, called for stricter implementation of the Kathmandu Call to Action to End Chill Marriage in Asia, which was first formulated in 2014.

Pakistan: 13-year-old Christian girl married off to Muslim man after being abducted

A 24-year-old Hindu woman named Bharti Bai was allegedly kidnapped by assailants from her wedding venue in Hala, Pakistan. The girl's father was reported saying that during his daughter's marriage ceremony a kidnapper named Shah Rukh Gul came with several men along with policemen and took his daughter away in broad daylight. Later, a picture of Bharti along with documents of her conversion to Islam and marriage to Shah Rukh Gul went viral on social media according to which Bharti had converted to Islam on 1 December 2019.

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Pakistan: 13-year-old Christian girl married off to Muslim man after being abducted

Pak Hindu girl 'abducted' from wedding, Forcibly converted to Islam