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| Man sells pre-teen daughter to pay for eye operation |
| 2007-02-17 |
| A Pakistani man sold his 10-year old daughter for the equivalent of US $500 to pay for his eye operation, a police official in Sindh said on Friday. Abdul Hadi, District Police Officer (DPO) for Badin, approximately 250 kilometres east of Karachi, said that the man – Gul Mohammad Kalohi – had agreed to hand over his daughter to a fellow villager once she reached puberty. “It is a shameful incident and has taken place,” Hadi confirmed, adding that a relative of Kalohi had alerted police to the deal. While police have completed their investigation of the case, they have yet to press charges since they were still determining which police district had jurisdiction over Kolai village, near Tando Bagho town, given that it lay on a boundary. Zia Awan, a noted rights lawyer, said that under Sindh’s child protection laws, the father could face a one-year jail term. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Paki's have Lasix? |
| Posted by: Skidmark 2007-02-17 09:55 |