Shoving off their responsibilities, Pakistan police bluntly say, ‘The girls have embraced Islam on their own will’
Karachi, March 25: With the atrocities among the minorities in Pakistan rising at peak, the recent abduction and forceful conversion of the Hindu girls have triggered a wave of protest in Pakistan. Known for its ignorant and oblivious attitude, the police authorities are also giving a blind eye to the situation.
As the situation gets worse, Pakistan police authorities have revealed their true face by giving a blind eye and ‘what can we do if they got converted by their own will’ attitude. The colourful festival of Holi was transformed into a day of cries and worries after two Hindu sisters from the village Hafiz Salman near Deharki were kidnapped and forcefully converted. The Ghotki’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) informed Sindh Inspector General of Police (IGP) Syed Kaleem Iman that the two girls have embraced Islam as per their parents.
Karachi’s Central Police Office (CPO) claimed that the two Hindu girls who left their house stated in a recorded video that neither anyone had abducted them nor held them hostage as they had left their home on their own will and have embraced Islam without any pressure.
Earlier, Reena, aged 14, and Raveena, aged 16 left their home as parents said that they had been abducted. The heirs and relatives had also held a protest demonstration on National Highway for the recovery of the girls. The protesters, carrying placards and banners, were chanting slogans against the police for not taking firm action and were demanding immediate recovery of the girls and arrest of the accused. They alleged that police were silent over the issue. However, police started a search for the girls and also arrested one suspect Ahmed Shah while the search for other accused persons was underway.
Hindu’s comprise of almost 2% of the population in Pakistan. The atrocities and harassment faced by the people are beyond limits. The authorities in the country have however given an ignoring eye to the harassments and violence pondered on the people. Despite initiating and getting a bill passed the atrocities on girls and women in Pakistan has seen no end.
In the aftermath of the incident, MPA Nand Kumar Goklani, who had initially moved a bill against forced conversions, urged the government to get a law passed immediately. It was in the year 2016, the Sindh Assembly passed a law against forced conversions, which was contested by religious parties. Succumbing to the mounting pressure, the Sindh government and Pakistan Peoples Party (PPP) leadership later asked the then-governor, Justice (retd) Saeeduzaman Siddiqui, not to ratify the bill.