Two teenage girls flee home to escape forced marriage

Author: Babar Ali Memon

Two teenage girls fled their home and approached airport police station on Sunday to seek police protection against their close relatives, who, they alleged, were forcing them into marriage against their will.

The girls were shifted to Larkana women police station under tight security where they told reporters that their fathers had died. “We are underage and our brothers and elders are adamant to marry us off while we want to continue our education,” they cried.

They said that they wanted to go to Karachi to reside with their aunt. “Despite our refusal, the elders have fixed the wedding date of Sakina,” they alleged. They demanded police to provide them protection from their enraged relatives.

Meanwhile, the girls’ relatives, including their mothers, tried to meet them at the women police station but police refused them access to the girls.

Talking to reporters outside the police station, the relatives disclosed that the girls had left their home in Ghulam Hussain Butt village near Moenjodaro to attend the circumcision ceremony of a relative in Mehar Sariyo village near Dokri.

They slipped while the ceremony was in progress and went to Dokri police station from where they were sent to the airport police station. SHOs of the Airport and women police station were harassing them, they alleged.

The women police station SHO dismissed the allegation and said the SHO of airport police station had handed over the girls to her for protection as their elders intended to marry them against their will. They would be produced in the court concerned and its orders would be followed, she said.

Share
Leave a Comment

Recent Posts

  • Editorial

Targeted Tragedy

By the time of writing this editorial on Thursday evening, the number of innocent passengers…

20 hours ago
  • Cartoons

TODAY’S CARTOON

20 hours ago
  • Editorial

Sour Sweeteners

Sugar. The sweetener word brings sour taste to one's mind when people come across the…

20 hours ago
  • Op-Ed

Trump’s Bureaucracy Cuts

The stunning results of the USA elections surprised both Democrats and Republicans alike. Trump's unprecedented…

20 hours ago
  • Op-Ed

Countering Misinformation

The advancement of technology around the world and the widespread spread of social media have…

20 hours ago
  • Op-Ed

“It’s the economy stupid!”

Pakistan's democratic system is in jeopardy. Civilians and the military have taken turns to rule…

20 hours ago