When a minority girl disappears in Pakistan and returns with conversion and marriage papers, who checks her age and hears her freely? The first police response may decide whether protection works. Continue reading When a Hindu Girl Disappears, Who Gets to Speak for Her?
Two Punjab Police reports used radically different recovery figures within five weeks. The deeper problem lies in what the state counts as an abduction, a recovery, and a resolved case. I had two Punjab Police numbers open on my screen in Karachi. The first was 612. In April 2026, Punjab Police told the Lahore High Court that 105,244 cases involving women’s abduction had been registered between 2021 and 2025. Police said 3,258 women remained missing and 612 had been recovered. The figures came from a report ordered by Chief Justice Aalia Neelum after years of litigation over an allegedly abducted … Continue reading 612 Became 103,351: Punjab Police Has a Missing-Women Data Problem
