New Delhi : Vishva Hindu Parishad (VHP) and Hindus from all over the world called for the immediate release of three Hindu girls and a full stop on persistent atrocities on Hindus, their culture & places of worship in Pakistan.
Addressing media today, Milind Parande,
Secretary General VHP and Prashant Hartalkar, Secretary said that the three minor Hindu Girls i.e. Raveena (13) and Rina (15) from Ghoti District and another 16 years old girl from Badin district of Pakistan, belongs to a Meghawal Hindu community, who were kidnapped at gunpoint to a local mosque, forcibly converted to Islam and married against their will.
Focusing on persistent Civil rights and freedom of Hindus been violated, VHP called for the attention of Pakistani Government, its judiciary and the world community including UNHRC, to stop them forthwith.
Recalling the statistics VHP said that “Hindus have been and still being persecuted in Pakistan. When Pakistan came into existence in 1947, Hindus were 16% of their population. But, by 2011, it drastically reduced to only 1.6%. Where did this 90% of Hindu population gone in past about 60 years?, VHP secretary General asked.
This decimation is the outcome of sustained legal, social & administrative discrimination and atrocities on Hindu ever since the creation of Pakistan, he added.
