March 24, 2019 5:21 PM

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Pakistan PM orders probe into reports of forced conversion, underage marriages of Hindu girls

<span style="color: #222222;">Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan today ordered a probe into reports of abduction, forced conversion and underage marriages of two teenage Hindu girls in Sindh province and to take immediate steps for their recovery.</span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">The two girls were allegedly kidnapped by a group of influential men from their home in Ghotki district in Sindh on the eve of Holi. Soon after the kidnapping, a video went viral in which a cleric was purportedly shown solemnising the Nikah (marriage) of the two girls. </span><br />'' <br />'' <span style="color: #222222;">In a Twitter post  today, Information Minister Fawad Chaudhry said that the prime minister has asked the Sindh chief minister to look into reports that the girls have been taken to Rahim Yar Khan city in Punjab province. He said the prime minister has also ordered the Sindh and Punjab governments to devise a joint action plan in light of the incident, and to take concrete steps to prevent such incidents from happening again.</span><br />

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