[Dawn] As many as 100 cases of abduction, forced faith conversion, forced and child marriage of girls and women belonging to the Christian community have been reported since January 2019 to October 2022 in Pakistain, says a report titled "Conversion without Consent" released by Voice for Justice (VFJ) and Jubilee Campaign.At least that’s how many cases the police to notice of. How many more did they refuse, and how many more than that did not even bother trying?
According to the report released on Saturday, as many as 27 cases were recorded in 2019, 12 in 2020, 42 in 2021 and 19 till October 2022. The data showed that the highest number of cases - 86 - were reported in Punjab, followed by 11 in Sindh, two in Islamabad and one in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa, whereas no case was reported in Balochistan...the Pak province bordering Kandahar and Uruzgun provinces in Afghanistan and Sistan Baluchistan in Iran. Its native Baloch propulation is being displaced by Pashtuns and Punjabis and they aren't happy about it...
The report also includes the renowned cases of underage girls particularly Zarvia Parvaiz, Saba Nadeem, Chashman Kanwal and Sunaina James who became victims of forced faith conversions.