Kavinder Gupta, former Deputy Chief Minister of Jammu and Kashmir and a BJP leader appealed to the government that immediate and strict action should be taken in the case of abduction of an 18 year-old Sikh girl in Nankana Sahib, Pakistan on Thursday. He further said that there has always been violation of human rights in Pakistan. 

“The abduction of the Sikh girl is a huge matter of concern. There has always been a human rights violation in Pakistan. In 1947, there were around 10 to 11 percent of minorities in the country. But today, only around percent of them are left. This is a concern and strict actions need to be taken.” He added that Pakistan is already in a matter of distress, while referring to the Kashmir issue. 

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Abduction of the Sikh girl

The Shiromani Akali Dal (SAD) MLA, Manjinder Singh Sirsa shared a video of the girl’s family alleging that the girl was abducted and forcefully converted. They further alleged that she was threatened that her brothers and father would be killed if she refused to convert into Islam. In the video, one of the brothers identified as Manmohan Singh, said, "The woman who was abducted is my sister. She was threatened that her brothers and father would be shot dead if she did not accept Islam."

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Family asks PM Imran Khan for help

The alleged abducted girl's family has sought help from Pakistan's Prime Minister Imran Khan. "I request Imran Khan and Army Chief of Pakistan Bajwa to help us in bringing the girl back so that it does not backfire on them on the Kartarpur and Kashmir issues," her brother said in the video. Sirsa had also asked the Pakistani Sikhs to seek for help from PM Imran Khan. In another tweet, he has urged Prime Minister Narendra Modi and External Affairs Minister S Jaishankar to raise the issue of safety of Sikhs in Pakistan at a global level. 

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