Pak parliamentary panel orders recent probe into minor Christian woman’s abduction

A Pakistani parliamentary committee has ordered a recent inquiry into the kidnapping of a minor Christian woman in Punjab province’s Faisalabad metropolis after being satisfied that police mishandled the case. The 13-year previous was freed 5 months after some Muslim males allegedly kidnapped her, forcibly transformed her to Islam, after which one in all them married her, the Dawn News reported.A gathering of the Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights was held on Thursday and it mentioned the problems of pressured conversion and marriage. Faisalabad police officers instructed the committee that that they had acquired a grievance from the household of the woman {that a} man named Khizer Hayat allegedly kidnapped the woman. But the woman’s recorded assertion stated in any other case.The police maintained that the woman in her assertion recorded earlier than a Justice of the Peace stated she had left her dwelling voluntarily and embraced Islam and bought married. The police officers instructed the committee that the woman had additionally undergone a medical check and in accordance with the physician’s report she was between 16 and 17 years previous.However, throughout the committee assembly, the woman’s father introduced a certificates issued by National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra) which confirmed her as 13 years previous.The members of the committee raised questions over the investigation course of and declared that the certificates issued by Nadra was genuine proof of the woman’s age, rejecting the physician’s report. As a proof, the members of the family additionally introduced her twin brother’s Form “B”, the every day stated.The woman’s father additionally registered a grievance with the committee concerning the behaviour of the police over which the committee expressed its remorse.The chairman of the committee apologised to the household of the minor woman and demanded that authorized motion be taken in opposition to these accountable and correct safety be offered to the household.The committee additionally directed the senior superintendent of police (SSP) Faisalabad to analyze the entire matter and submit a report back to the committee on January 6. The SSP assured the committee that the matter can be investigated and a charge-sheet can be issued to the involved investigating officer.