increasing violence against Hindu and Christian women; Pakistan was warned by the United Nations leader

Pudaari Online Desk: The United Nations has said that forced conversion, sexual abuse, abduction, and forced marriage of Hindu and Christian women are going on in Pakistan on a large scale. The United Nations has also said that support for such inhuman acts will no longer be tolerated. A report on atrocities against minority women in Pakistan was presented in Geneva.

The report states, “It is very important for women to choose a partner of their choice and enter into marriage voluntarily. This matter is also important in terms of women's self-respect and human rights. Women should also have the right to exit forced marriages. Such women should also be entitled to justice, protection and assistance.”

Pakistan has called for the minimum age of marriage to be 18 and to make a law to prevent girls from getting married without their full consent. The report also said that Hindu and Christian Muslim women should not be discriminated against.