Pakistan: An 18-year-old Hindu girl shot dead during abduction
New Delhi: One more incident of the attack on Hindus – was reported in the Sindh province of Pakistan. An 18-year-old Hindu girl was reportedly shot dead during a failed abduction attempt in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province.
According to the local media report, Pooja Oad was said to have been shot in the middle of the street after she put up resistance to the attackers in Rohi, Sukkur. Extremist was Wahid Lashari -who tried to abduct Pooja Oad and shot her dead when she resisted the attempt.
Hindus, who are a minority in the Islamic nation of Pakistan are regularly targeted with hate, abductions, rapes, forced marriages, and murder. According to the Peoples Commission for Minorities’ Rights and the Centre for Social Justice – 156 incidents of forced conversions took place between 2013 and 2019. In 2019, a bill outlawing forced conversions was introduced, however, due to the influence of Islamists in Pakistan, it was never passed and the minorities still suffer the consequences.
(Vinayak)
