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In neighboring Pakistan, Hindu leader and Senate member Danesh Kumar Palyani has expressed concern over serious human rights in Sindh province. He said that Hindu girls are being forcibly converted. Meanwhile, he criticized the government for not taking action against those involved in serious human rights abuses. Speaking in the Parliament of Pakistan, Senator Danesh Kumar Palyani said that the Constitution of Pakistan does not allow forced religious conversion nor does the Quran talk about forced religious conversion.
Conversion of Hindu daughters: Danesh Kumar Palayani
The Pakistani Hindu leader's comments last month came as United Nations experts expressed dismay over the decline in protection for girls and adolescent girls from minority communities. Palayani, in a post on the social media platform, said since it has been two years since the kidnapping of innocent Priya Kumari, the government is not taking action against these influential people. Some dirty people and robbers have brought bad name to our dear motherland Pakistan.
Marriage age of teenage girls will increase in Pakistan
UN experts said that although children have the right to freedom of thought, conscience and religion, in accordance with Article 14 of the Convention on the Rights of the Child, change of religion or belief must be free under any circumstances without undue pressure or inducement . , Pakistan needs to fulfill its obligations under Article 18 of the ICCPR and stop forced conversions. He said Pakistani authorities should enact and strictly enforce a law that marriages take place only with the free and full consent of the prospective spouses and raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 years, including for girls.
UN experts criticized Pakistan government
UN experts last month expressed dismay at the continued lack of protection for girls and women from minority communities in Pakistan. Experts said Christian and Hindu girls are particularly vulnerable to forced conversion, kidnapping, trafficking, child exploitation, early and forced marriage and sexual violence. Exposing young women and girls from religious minority communities to such heinous human rights violations and impunity for such crimes can no longer be tolerated and is not justified.