© supplied with the aid of Zee information ISLAMABAD: In a shocking incident, the Sindh excessive court granted custody of a 13-12 months-historical Christian woman to her 44-12 months-ancient abductor in Pakistan's Karachi.
The lady, identified as Arzoo Raja, became kidnapped from her domestic in Karachi's Railway Colony on October 13 and forcibly transformed to Islam. An FIR become registered at Singh court through her family thereafter.
however, the Sindh police summoned the victim's household after two days and informed them that the kidnapper (Azhar Ali) has produced a marriage certificates with the girl that displayed that she is aged 18 years. As per the file, the woman became forcibly converted to Islam and married to the person, who's already wedded with infants.
Naveed Walter, president of Human Rights focal point Pakistan (HRFP) pointed out minority ladies, notably Christian and Hindu, are forcefully converted to Islam and married to Muslim guys.
"ladies belonging to the Minority neighborhood get abducted, converted to Islam and married to Muslim men. In most situations, native police stations, where the sufferer's family unit submits complaints about her lacking, inform about her conversion to Islam and getting married to the equal abductor. The identical day's abduction, conversion and marrying is a standard observe in such situations and has also took place with Arzoo within the same sequence," talked about Naveed.
The HRFP truth-discovering group brought out the fact that in court cases of Sindh excessive court dated October 27, 2020 all her records had been altered including age, pointing out her as 18-yr historic and observation of her free will marrying and embracing Islam.
it is additionally found that Arzoo's photograph was also changed on prison documents, as raised by her mom Rita. "In court premises, Arzoo turned into denied to meet her mother as she become stopped with the aid of Ali Azhar," stated Naveed Walter.
"The age of the girl is 13 and it is proved by using her school listing /certificates, NADRA's B-kind citing her DOB thirty first July 2007 and Church register with same age however she is falsely offered as an adult in court together with at conversion certificates of Madressah Jamia Islamia and marriage certificates along with her new name Arzoo Fatima," Naveed talked about.
Representatives of the South Asia association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC), including Pakistan, asserted the Kathmandu call to action to end newborn Marriage in Asia in 2014.
"As a part of its dedication and signatory to international rights treaties Pakistan has to be sure entry to legal treatments for newborn brides and establish a uniform minimum criminal age of marriage of 18, but there aren't any listenings nor implementations, regrettably," observed Naveed Walter.
London-based mostly Anila Gulzar, spokeswoman for Justice for Minorities in Pakistan slammed a judge who ruled that Arzoo Raja changed into old adequate to make her own determination.
She said, "here's very unlucky that minorities in Pakistan don't have any place. They don't seem to be even comfy. As per the legislation, those that are involved in forced and underage marriages have to face three years of punishment. but, when this case turned into introduced in the court, the choose dominated that Arzoo Raja was ancient enough to make her personal resolution."
"Why no voice is being raised in opposition t the minorities in Pakistan? Human rights activists and politicians are silent over the atrocities being dedicated in opposition t the minorities. Even in courts, there isn't any justice for the victims," said Anila Gulzar.
(With ANI inputs)
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