Two men held for ordering 5-yr-old to marry 7-yr-old
The Sangi police arrested two men on charges of holding a jirga and ordering the marriage of two children.
SUKKUR:
The Sangi police arrested two men on Wednesday on charges of holding a jirga and ordering the marriage of two children.
On February 28, landlord Dilawar Chachar led a jirga to resolve a karo-kari dispute and decided that Ismail Chachar will marry his seven-year-old daughter, Hafeeza, to Owais Chachar’s five-year-old son, Tayyab.
On Tuesday, Maulvi Qutubuddin Chachar solemnised the nikah. The police raided the ceremony on a tipoff and arrested Dilawar and Owais but the maulvi escaped. The police have taken the children into custody and will produce them in court today.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 10th, 2011.
The Sangi police arrested two men on Wednesday on charges of holding a jirga and ordering the marriage of two children.
On February 28, landlord Dilawar Chachar led a jirga to resolve a karo-kari dispute and decided that Ismail Chachar will marry his seven-year-old daughter, Hafeeza, to Owais Chachar’s five-year-old son, Tayyab.
On Tuesday, Maulvi Qutubuddin Chachar solemnised the nikah. The police raided the ceremony on a tipoff and arrested Dilawar and Owais but the maulvi escaped. The police have taken the children into custody and will produce them in court today.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 10th, 2011.