Vani: Minors married to settle dispute
Tooba,2, and Kausar,10, given as compensation in kidbapping case.
Vani and child marriages are serious social issues in many parts of Pakistan. PHOTO: ATHAR KHAN/EXPRESS
DERA ISMAIL KHAN:
Two-year-old Tooba and 10-year-old sister Kausar are paying the price of a family dispute.
When Muhammad Ramazan kidnapped a girl named Sakina Bibi in Yarak Village, DI Khan, a few weeks ago, a family feud erupted between the Ramazan and Naimatullah families, said a Yarak police official. Sakina is Naimatullah’s sister.
A five-member meeting (panchayat) was held in the village to resolve the dispute between the two families. It was decided that Ramazan’s daughters Tooba and Kausar will be married to eight-year-old Samiullah and 12-year-old Matiullah, respectively. Both boys are Naimatullah’s sons.
Yarak police SHO Syed Marjan has lodged an FIR in a vani case against Ramazan and others members of the village, said the police official, adding that Ramazan has been arrested while the search for others continues.
Muallana Latifullah, who performed the nikah of the minors, managed to escape but the police are searching for him.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2013.
Two-year-old Tooba and 10-year-old sister Kausar are paying the price of a family dispute.
When Muhammad Ramazan kidnapped a girl named Sakina Bibi in Yarak Village, DI Khan, a few weeks ago, a family feud erupted between the Ramazan and Naimatullah families, said a Yarak police official. Sakina is Naimatullah’s sister.
A five-member meeting (panchayat) was held in the village to resolve the dispute between the two families. It was decided that Ramazan’s daughters Tooba and Kausar will be married to eight-year-old Samiullah and 12-year-old Matiullah, respectively. Both boys are Naimatullah’s sons.
Yarak police SHO Syed Marjan has lodged an FIR in a vani case against Ramazan and others members of the village, said the police official, adding that Ramazan has been arrested while the search for others continues.
Muallana Latifullah, who performed the nikah of the minors, managed to escape but the police are searching for him.
Published in The Express Tribune, March 12th, 2013.