Pakistan: Christian Couple Alleges Minor Daughter Forcibly Married with the aid of PTI chief's Son

closing updated: 12th August, 2021 23:fifty five IST Minor daughter's mother claimed that the Ghazi police did not file FIR and informed her not to pursue the be counted, additional claiming her daughter had eloped

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A Christian couple in Pakistan has blamed and accused the son of a Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief of kidnapping, forcibly changing, and getting their underaged daughter married off. in keeping with daybreak, the couple alleged in a video message on Wednesday that a member of their neighbourhood had kidnapped their daughter. They additional indicated that the son of a native PTI respectable became concerned within the kidnapping. 

Noreen Maseeh, the woman's mom, additionally claimed that no FIR had been filed by using the Ghazi police and suggested her no longer to pursue the depend. The mother extra pointed out the police specified the undeniable fact that her daughter had eloped with the suspect and converted to Islam before marrying him in court docket. 

based on ANI, Noreen Maseeh spoke of, "My daughter is a minor newborn, who can not be married off below the legislation." She even referred to that her minor daughter goes to faculty and is within the ninth standard. She went lacking from her room about 12:forty five a.m. on August 3 while researching for a test to be held the next morning. 

in the meantime, according to morning time, Ghazi police authorities claimed that early investigations published that the Christian girl had solemnised the courtroom marriage in Swabi after converting to Islam of her personal free option, but she had not received any forms confirming it. 

previous circumstances of Muslims vandalising Hindu temples

In Pakistan, attacks against spiritual minorities' areas of worship have extended in fresh years. The international community has commonly chastised the country for failing to give protection to the pastimes of its minority. 

In a fresh incident, a crowd of around a dozen men armed with sticks vandalised a Hindu temple in the city of Bhong within the Rahim Yar Khan district, screaming slogans and desecrating idols in the shrine. They no longer simplest destroyed the holy idol but they've also burnt down the leading gate of the temple.

Ramesh Kumar Vankwani, a Pakistani legislator and Hindu group chief, offered recordings of the event. the crowd can be seen demolishing the temple's infrastructure in a single of the movies. After the incident, Pakistan arrested 38 individuals who attacked the Hindu temple in Rahim Yar Khan.  

prior to now, final yr in December, the temple within the Karak area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province became demolished and set on fireplace by a crowd of over a hundred individuals led by means of native Muslim clerics. A video clip displaying a violent crowd demolishing the temple's walls and the roof went viral on social media. 

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