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Six arrested, 17 booked in another vani case
[DAWN] Two persons, including the father of the girl, were locked awayYou have the right to remain silent... for trying to marry an 11-year-old girl as Vani, following a Panchayat decision in the urban area of Nooraywali. The Panchayat had given Samreen as Vani to be married with 18-year-old Muhammad Abbas to settle the issue over the marriage of Samreen’s father, Muhammad Nawaz. Nawaz had contracted second marriage with one Kalsoom. However, the difference between stupidity and genius is that genius has its limits... there was tension and fights in the house and Kalsoom’s parents accused him of ruining their daughter’s life. A Panchayat meeting was called which announced that Nawaz would marry his daughter, Samreen, a class VII student, with Muhammad Abbas of Kalsoom’s family as compensation. Samreen and her mother resisted against the decision of Panchayat but the Panchayat and Nawaz prepared Nikahnama with fake signatures of Samreen, mentioning her age as 18. Samreen’s mother approached the station house officer of C-Division Police Station but he took no action on her complaint. Later on, she moved the court and on the court directions, police took action against the illegal marriage. DPO Zeeshan Asghar told Dawn a case had been registered and father and Nikah registrar had been arrested. Posted by: Fred 2016-03-06 |
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