In another horrifying case of religious persecution in Pakistan, a mere 13 year old young Hindu girl, Meena Maheshwari, has been abducted from Jhok Sharif, Badin, raped, and forcibly converted to Islam. Her devastated relatives have made a desperate appeal for justice, crying, “She’s just a child; please have mercy and ensure her safe return!” But in Pakistan, where Hindus live as second-class citizens, justice remains a distant dream.
Sindh, once home to a flourishing Hindu population, has become a hunting ground for radical Islamists who prey on young Hindu girls with impunity. The pattern is always the same: a girl disappears, her family begs for her return, and soon after, she is paraded as a “willing convert” under the protection of religious extremists and the judiciary. Forced conversions and child marriages are endorsed by a corrupt system that actively enables this oppression.
Hindu girls, often minors, are targeted, kidnapped, raped, and forcibly married to men old enough to be their grandfathers. These crimes are not acts of random violence—they are part of a systematic campaign to erase Sindh’s indigenous Hindu community. The perpetrators operate with Paki establishment’s support, while Pakistan’s judiciary shields rapists under the guise of religious conversion.
The Hindu community in Pakistan is being slowly wiped out, and without international intervention, these horrors will continue unchecked.