KARACHI, Nov 2: The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan has expressed its deep concern at the recent reported incidents of missing girls of the minority Hindu community.

An HRCP release issued here on Wednesday stated that according to newspaper reports 19 girls mostly from Punjab Colony were missing from their homes. Relatives of these young girls had reasons to believe that they had been kidnapped and being forced to change their religion, the press release added.

The HRCP strongly condemned this prevailing practice of kidnapping girls of the minority communities and their forcible conversions. It also condemned the government’s inaction on these issues as such practices were against constitutional provisions.

The commission urged the government to take immediate action on each reported case.—PPI

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