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Police in Pakistan recover a teenager after forcibly converting and marrying

 Authorities said that a 13-year-old Christian girl was allegedly abducted in Pakistan and forced to marry a Muslim man.



  About a month after the girl's recovery, the girl's parents alleged that 44-year-old Ali Azhar abducted her.


  The courts had earlier fhailed to take action as they had accepted the statement stating that the girl was 18 years old and married on her own accord.


  But pressure from campaign groups and a public outrage prompted the action.


    Protesters also took to the streets in Karachi, the capital of Pakistan.


  On Monday, Sindh High Court ordered the police to find the teenager.  


  His alleged kidnapper was arrested later the same night and is scheduled to appear in court on Tuesday.


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  The girl's family first reported her disappearance on 13 October.  Two days later, according to the Christian Organization's Center for Legal Aid, Assistance and Settlement (Clas), her father was informed that Mr.  Ali produced a marriage certificate at the age of 18 and converted it to Islam.


  The family claimed the identity cards were fake, but when the case went to court on October 27, the Sindh High Court gave custody of the alleged supervisor of the girl.  The court also provided protection to the girl's family.


  "It is the responsibility of the state ... to protect its citizens, especially minor girls," Joseph Arshad, a local archbishop, told the news outlet Crux Now at the time.


The Sindh High Court initially rejected the application, but later overturned the decision following protests.  The girl is now under the patronage of the court, although Mr Nasser hopes that she will return to her family soon.


  The safest place for a child is with its parents," he said in a Twitter post.  


  According to a recent United Nations report, child marriage is still common in South Asia.  In Pakistan, around 25% of women were married at the age of 18 in their early 20s, the report found.


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