Pakistan: 18-yr-old Hindu girl shot dead for resisting abduction, conversion & forced marriage

Islamabad: An 18-year-old Hindu girl, Pooja Oad, was shot dead in Pakistan's Sukkur for resisting abduction, conversion and forceful marriage.

According to The Friday Times, Oad was reportedly killed in Rohi, Sukkur, on in the middle of the street after she put up resistance to the attackers.

Every year, women belonging to minority communities, especially Hindus in Sindh, are abducted and forcibly converted by religious extremists.

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. (UNI)