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India-Pakistan
Woman freed from vani marriage after police intervention
2006-08-21
MIANWALI: Police have registered a vani case against Maulana Abdur Rehman, a Masjid Imam, punchait members and the tribe notables. Amanullah of Shadia village developed relations with a woman of the Dhuli tribe, who eloped with him. Later, Amanullah sent back the woman after the police and tribe notables pressured. A panchayat decided that Sarwar Bibi (20) would be given in nikah with Haq Nawaz, 10, the younger brother of the eloped woman and the panchayat also decided that a proper marriage ceremony would be held when Nawaz would attain puberty. Both tribes agreed to compromise and the groom divorced his 20-years-old bride in Wan Bhachran Police Station. Police will withdraw the case.
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