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Marriage of a six-year-old

Letter November 30, 2010
Surely this is a sign of paedophilia, how else does one justify a man in his 20s marrying a girl who is six years old?

KARACHI: This is with reference to a report in your newspaper of November 30 titled “Police break up six-year-old’s wedding”.

Surely this is a sign of paedophilia, how else does one justify a man in his 20s marrying a girl who is just six years old? Why are we as a society so tolerant of such barbaric and medieval practices?

Amjad Ahsan

Published in The Express Tribune, December 1st, 2010.