Written Question·Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office·UIN 26463

Pakistan: Hinduism

Tabled: 27 January 2025
Answered: 3 February 2025

Question

Bob Blackman

ConservativeHarrow East

To ask the Secretary of State for Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Affairs, what recent assessment his Department has made of the potential implications for his policies of reports of (a) abduction, forced conversion, and marriage of minor Hindu girl

Answer

Mr Hamish Falconer
The UK is committed to tackling the forced marriage and conversion of women and girls in Pakistan, including Hindu women and girls. I raised this issue with Pakistan's Human Rights Minister in November, and the British High Commission continues to advocat...

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