The Human Rights Commission of Pakistan (HRCP) today asked authorities to locate three minor girls abducted from Karachi last month and voiced alarm over the consistent administration failure to tackle cases of abduction and trafficking of women.
In a statement issued today, the Commission said: "HRCP has serious concerns for the well being of three girls, who were abducted from Karachi on September 7, and are reported to be in captivity in a remote village in Sindh.
"We have already written to the police and administration authorities in Sindh to raise our concern and demand the girls' safe recovery.
"The girls are all said to be minors, and the family had lodged an abduction case with the police."
According to the only accused arrested so far, the girls had been taken to Larkana district of Sindh province.
It has been reported that a policeman in Larkana had advised the family to pay Rs 1 million as ransom to the abductors for the girls' release.
"We have since learned that the girls have been moved from Larkana to Shikarpur and from there to Khanpur village, near Pakistan's border with India," the statement said.
"HRCP is not in a position to vouch for all the details shared with us by the family, but we urge the authorities to urgently investigate the matter and recover the girls," the commission said.
"Beyond this case, we also call upon the government to investigate the numerous and credible reports of abduction and trafficking of women, especially in upper Sindh, where the collusion of the abductors and local landowners with the police appears to be one of the main hurdles in putting an end to the abduction, trafficking and sale of women," it said.
