Illegal: Two arrested for child marriage
The Police stopped a 27-year-old man from marrying an 11-year-old girl in Chak 12, South
BAHAWALPUR:
Baghdadul Jadeed police said on Saturday they had stopped a 27-year-old man from marrying an 11-year-old girl in Chak 12, South. They said they had arrested Khadim Hussain when he was about to marry the girl, sister of Allah Ditta, in an exchanged marriage. Allah Ditta, too, has been arrested, police said. A case had been registered against them.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2016.
Baghdadul Jadeed police said on Saturday they had stopped a 27-year-old man from marrying an 11-year-old girl in Chak 12, South. They said they had arrested Khadim Hussain when he was about to marry the girl, sister of Allah Ditta, in an exchanged marriage. Allah Ditta, too, has been arrested, police said. A case had been registered against them.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 7th, 2016.