All that glitters: Wedding cancelled over gold jewellery

Bride’s family refuses to go ahead with wedding on discovering that groom’s family had given fake gold jewellery.

BAHAWALPUR: A bride’s family on Monday refused to go ahead with the wedding on discovering that the groom’s family had given the fake gold jewellery to the bride.

Abdul Qayum said his sister Ayesha was engaged to Muhammad Ali and their wedding ceremony was scheduled for Monday.

He said on Monday morning, the groom’s family and their relatives arrived at bride’s house for the wedding.

He said before the nikah, the groom presented some jewellery to the bride. He said the gold looked faked and his family had it checked by a goldsmith. He said their suspicions were confirmed; the gold was fake.

He said after the discovery, his sister refused to go through with the marriage and said a person trying to trick her could not be trusted with life.

*names have been changed to protect identities

Published in The Express Tribune, April 16^th, 2014.