This tradition persists to spawn more trouble for minorities, almost all victims are girls who get abducted, threatened and blackmailed. Whenever, Zarviya strived to escape; the kidnappers intended to kill her brother, ceasing her to suffer there. Seeing the status quo, still our state is feeble to protect the rights of minorities.

While opening the pages of history, another case just happened before a month when a 25 years old teacher was forced to accept Islam and married with a Muslim man. During the month of March, a Hindu girl was embarrassed and killed; refusing the abduction attempt of some cruel Muslim men. According to the Human Rights Commission report of 2018, around 1000 cases of forced transformation were recorded in various areas of the country.

The most commonly noticed thing is that whole the victims are girls belonging to minority communities. Staggering to know that young boys or men are never being forced to convert from another religion and only minor girls are targeted. Last year in October, the law against forced conversion was not accepted by a federal parliament committee and later nothing was done due to the pressure from the very offender and their accessory.

The recent cases are on the upswing as courts persist to assist the abusers who abduct young girls from minority faiths, forcibly marry them as despite forced marriage being illicit. Unfortunately, Zarviys’s case was dismissed by Lahore High Court, calling it a consensual marriage. Everyone is aware that how a 12 years old immature girl agree to marry an adult, converting to another religion and without her parents’ guardianship.

Firstly, this is called the violation of children; the article 14 of the constitution which guarantees the safety of children has been ignored. The article 20 which provides religious freedom is another matter of concern, is on the brink of despair.

Saddening, this violation spawn severe impact on the education of the minority children. The family members are afraid and frightened to send their children into school, they fear of their abduction and converting them into another religion. Here, the article 11 (against slavery and forced labor) has been completely violated; the girls are trafficked and also forced to sex work. This compels the minorities to leave behind their houses as they think they have no longer protection from government side.

If concerned authorities are lax, the foremost responsibilities must be handled by religious parties and the council of Islamic Ideology to refrain such criminal behavior and implement strict punishment to thwart such tasks again. No doubt, minor girls like Zarviya deserves to live and spend her childhood with parents and be enrolled in schools but not a horrifying childhood, scared and raped by older men.