SWAT – A 9-year-old girl was forcibly married with a 32-year-old man in Swat Manglor area, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, under the orders of a local jirga. Read More: Unity at NCSW consultation to end child marriage According to police, the girl had been abducted by her uncle, Syed Rehman, four months prior to the marriage. Following the […]
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6-year-old girl forced into marriage to settle honour in Pakpattan
A 6-year-old girl’s fate was decided by a panchayat when it ordered her family to marry her off as vani to settle a love marriage dispute in Mehraabad, UC Jewan Shah in the area of Police Station Rangshah, Pakpattan on Thursday. According to reliable sources, father of the 6-year-old told Daily Times that a few […]
Girl forced to marry 10-year-old boy to keep property in family
LAHORE: A 21-year-old girl in Punjab was forcefully married to her 10-year-old cousin for keeping the heredity property within the family. The girl, identified as Mehwish, was forced by her brothers to tie the knot with her underage cousin Allah Ditta reportedly. The incident happened in Bhngsika village in the outskirts of the town of Pindi Bhattian. The villagers […]