April 10, 2024: Three persons accused of forcibly converting and marrying an 11-year-old non-Muslim girl in the Ferozwala area of Sheikhupura district in Pakistan.
Salim Masih, a resident of Ferozwala, appeared in the court alongside his daughter and learnt that their former neighbour, Imran Sarfaraz, had complained about them.
Masih revealed that Sarfaraz presented his daughter's birth certificate to the court, which indicated her age as an 11-year-old. Shockingly, accompanying the application was a marriage certificate dated October 10, 2023.
As per sources, Sarfaraz allegedly pressured the family to marry off the girl after her conversion to Islam. Masih's daughter disclosed that the suspect, their neighbour, took her into signing the marriage documents under false pretences, promising a trip to a water park.
Upon reviewing the evidence, the court dismissed Sarfaraz's plea and instructed the police to take legal action against him, his mother, and the witnesses to the marriage.
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Salim Masih, a resident of Ferozwala, appeared in the court alongside his daughter and learnt that their former neighbour, Imran Sarfaraz, had complained about them.
April 10, 2024: Three persons accused of forcibly converting and marrying an 11-year-old non-Muslim girl in the Ferozwala area of Sheikhupura district in Pakistan.
Salim Masih, a resident of Ferozwala, appeared in the court alongside his daughter and learnt that their former neighbour, Imran Sarfaraz, had complained about them.
Masih revealed that Sarfaraz presented his daughter's birth certificate to the court, which indicated her age as an 11-year-old. Shockingly, accompanying the application was a marriage certificate dated October 10, 2023.
As per sources, Sarfaraz allegedly pressured the family to marry off the girl after her conversion to Islam. Masih's daughter disclosed that the suspect, their neighbour, took her into signing the marriage documents under false pretences, promising a trip to a water park.
Upon reviewing the evidence, the court dismissed Sarfaraz's plea and instructed the police to take legal action against him, his mother, and the witnesses to the marriage.