A teen girl with medical and mental health difficulties has been abducted, forced to convert and forced to wed the married man who kidnapped her, sources said.
Nisha Bibi, 14, was at her domestic help job in a Muslim household in Lahore, Pakistan, when she disappeared, said her Christian father, Abbas Masih, to Christian Daily International-Morning Star News.
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When shown a security camera image of Nisha leaving with a man, a woman in the neighborhood identified the male as her own husband, Arshad Habib, 41. The woman said Nisha’s May 12 disappearance coincided with the disappearance of Habib and the woman’s two minor children.
Masih said Nisha has epilepsy and experiences mental health difficulties.
Masih told Christian Daily-Morning Star that police showed documents allegedly indicating that Nisha had converted to Islam and married Habib in February.
According to Zunara Patrick, who is the attorney for Nisha’s family, Habib appears to have had three marriages simultaneously, and no wife knew of the others. Two wives are now cooperating with the investigation, Patrick told the news outlet.
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Pakistan is No. 8 on Open Doors’ 2026 World Watch List of the 50 places most difficult to be a Christian.
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