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| India-Pakistan |
| UK minister to discuss forced marriages |
| 2009-02-25 |
| United Kingdom's Consular Affairs Minister Gillian Merron arrived in Pakistan on Tuesday. The minister is likely to discuss various issues including 'forced marriages' with the local authorities. "The visit is intended to see the work the British High Commission (BHC) is doing in partnership with communities, police and the Pakistan government to tackle forced marriages," a BHC statement said. "We can only help victims here because of the excellent cooperation we get from the local authorities in Pakistan including police, local community leaders and the government," the minister said. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #4 75% of the |
| Posted by: ed 2009-02-25 12:48 |
| #3 For or against? Sometimes I'm not sure about the UK ruling class. Besides, now that Binyam Mohamed is in the UK, surely he deserves a fine British lass. And Keira Knightley isn't getting any younger. |
| Posted by: ed 2009-02-25 12:47 |
| #2 Mark Steyn (no link, sorry) gave this startling statistic: 75% of the men in Yorkshire are married to their first cousins. |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2009-02-25 12:06 |
| #1 Discuss? How about "stop"? |
| Posted by: Ho Chi Glusoque7625 2009-02-25 11:54 |