“The true scale of the problem is likely to be much greater, as a number of cases are never reported or do not progress through the law-enforcement and legal systems,” the authors claim. The Christian community in Pakistan is over two million in size, accounts for 42 per cent of Pakistan’s minority population, and is mostly resident in Punjab.
Christian girls — usually between the ages of 12 and 25 — are abducted, converted to Islam, and married to the abductor or third party. The victim’s family usually files a First Information Report for abduction or r*pe with the local police station.
