New Delhi: An 18-year-old Hindu girl was shot dead after resisting an abduction attempt in Pakistan's Sindh Province.
According to the Friday Times newspaper, the girl identified as Pooja Oad was shot in the middle of the street in Rohi after she put of resistance to the attackers.
However, this is not the only incident in Pakistan. As per the human rights activists, hundreds of Christian and Hindu girls are forced to convert to Islam every year.
Every year, numerous women from minority communities, especially Hindus in Sindh, are abducted and forcibly converted by religious extremists.
The report also claimed that minority communities in Pakistan have long faced the issue of forced marriages and conversions.
Around 156 incidents of forced conversions took place between 2013 and 2019; data from the Peoples Commission for Minorities' Rights and the Centre for Social Justice was quoted in the report.
The report also claimed that in 2019, the Sindh government attempted to outlaw forced conversions and marriages for the second time, but certain religious protestors contested the bill.
According to reports, Hindus form the biggest minority community in Pakistan as around 75 lakh Hindus live here. The majority of Pakistan's Hindu population is settled in Sindh province.
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