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Pakistan’s Child Rights Body Reveals Widespread Abuse of Christian and Hindu Children

The commission warns Pakistan’s institutions have failed to shield minority children from abduction, forced conversion, child marriage, bonded labour

From April 2023 to December 2024, the NCRC received 27 official complaints involving cases of murder, abduction, forced religious conversion, and underage marriage, all targeting minority children.

Overview

  • The NCRC logged 27 official complaints of murder, abduction, forced conversion and underage marriage targeting Christian and Hindu minors between April 2023 and December 2024.
  • Punjab province accounted for 40 percent of reported violence against minority children between January 2022 and September 2024, with police data naming over 600 victims across faiths.
  • Underage girls from Christian and Hindu communities continue to be abducted and forcibly converted and married to older Muslim men.
  • Many minority children are subjected to bonded labour in brick kilns and agricultural work under intergenerational debt.
  • The commission urges urgent legal protections, inclusive education reforms and enforcement of child labour laws while warning that limited political will may stall progress.