SMC No. 1/2014 etc 4. 6 The issue of non-registration of Hindu marriages was resolved by NADRA and Mr. Ramesh Kumar Vankwani confirmed that NADRA had started issuing registration certificates with regard to the Hindu marriages. So far as the allegation of forcible conversion of Hindu girls is concerned, although criminal cases were registered in Punjab, Sindh and Balochistan yet generally it was found that most of the girls had eloped with persons of their choice and married at their own free will. Nevertheless, the Court would not like to comment lest it may prejudice the case of either side as some of those cases are pending trial before the appropriate Courts. The learned Acting Advocate General, Punjab, submitted that in terms of the Christian Marriage Act, 1872, 150 Pastors and Bishops already stand registered in 20 Districts and any Christian marriage solemnized by a license holder under the afore-mentioned Act from the concerned Church / denomination is duly registered under the Punjab Local Government Act and the Rules framed thereunder. Regarding the question of non-payment of compensation announced by the Prime Minister, the learned Advocate General, KPK, has pointed out that the Provincial