The resolution on the abduction, forced conversion and early marriage of Maria Shahbaz and the protection of girls in Pakistan advanced through a series of closely fought amendment votes, none decided by more than a handful of hundred votes and one carried by just 20 votes. As a non-legislative resolution it creates no legal obligations, but it is Parliament's formal political position and is intended to press the case internationally and signal the EU's stance on religious-minority protection and child marriage in Pakistan. The votes revealed a consistent division over how the text should be framed. On four of the five amendments, the Greens/EFA, S&D, Renew and The Left lined up together, while the EPP and ECR generally took the opposing side; PfE was split internally on several votes. One amendment ran the other way: Amendment 1, inserted after paragraph 3, was carried 301 – 281 by the EPP, ECR, ESN, PfE and most non-attached Members, against the S&D, Greens/EFA, Renew and The Left. The one amendment that drew broad, cross-group agreement was Amendment 4, added after recital D, which passed 480 – 77 with the EPP, S&D, Renew, Greens/EFA, PfE and The Left all in favour. The remaining amendments — on paragraphs 6 and 7 and recital B — carried on the strength of the S&D, Greens/EFA, Renew and The Left, over EPP and ECR opposition and with PfE divided.
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