Human rights organizations have criticized a court decision that placed a 16-year-old girl recovered after an alleged abduction into the custody of a woman who is not her legal guardian, raising concerns about the handling of cases involving underage girls from religious minority communities.

The groups urged authorities to add Section 376(iii) of the Pakistan Penal Code to FIR No. 507/26, which was registered under Section 365-B at Police Station Saddar, Mian Channu. They also called for the minor girl, identified as Minahil Nadeem* (name changed), to be returned to her parents and for those responsible to be prosecuted.

According to the organizations, the girl was allegedly abducted and later recovered by police from Sialkot approximately two weeks later. Police arrested the accused, Ansar Allah Ditta, who is currently detained in Khanewal........

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