Italy verifying case of Pakistani girl 'made to abort pregnancy'

Rome: The Italian government has asked its ambassador to Pakistan to “urgently verify with local authorities” a report that a Pakistani high school student living in Verona was forced to have an abortion in her homeland, the foreign ministry has said. “The foreign ministry has asked the Italian embassy in Islamabad to urgently verify with […]

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Rome: The Italian government has asked its ambassador to Pakistan to "urgently verify with local authorities" a report that a Pakistani high school student living in Verona was forced to have an abortion in her homeland, the foreign ministry has said.

"The foreign ministry has asked the Italian embassy in Islamabad to urgently verify with local authorities news of the Pakistani student residing in Verona who -- after returning to her home country -- was reportedly obliged to interrupt her pregnancy by her family," the statement said.