Vani

K-P police registered FIR against 17 accused and took 12 into custody; says efforts on to arrest others

13-year-old girl was married as Vani as a punishment for his brother's alleged illicit relationship

Police have arrested girl’s father and nikah khawan

Kidnapping case foiled, suspects apprehended

Police have sent DNA samples to Punjab Forensic Lab for analysis

Police arrest four people, cleric who solemnised the nikah and the head of Panchayat still at large

Muhammad Mudassir, 27, has been arrested and charged with murder

Marriage was supposed to take place today

Vani is an old custom under which women or minor girls are married to men of rival families to resolve blood feuds

Women are used as bargaining chips to settle territorial disputes or as equivalent of ‘blood money’ in cases of murder

Police arrest four members of Panchayat, according to official.

Deputy commissioner says no evidence of case found, AG requests court to dismiss case.

SC asks Balochistan’s chief secretary, deputy commissioner of Dera Bugti to submit report.

It is hoped that delivering justice in a timely manner will help reduce future occurrences of such practices.

SC issues summon­s to Baloch­istan lawmak­er, girls' parent­s, jirga member­s.

Girls aged between 4 and 16 given in Vani to reconcile two sub-clans of Bugti tribe.

The decision was taken to settle murder-related conflict between Bagirani and Shahwani tribes.

Two girls pay the price of family feuds and jirga verdicts.

Accused of declaring 15-year-old vani, marrying her to nine-year-old.

Family says jirga ordered child’s marriage to a man whose wife allegedly eloped with one of the family members.

 The families had not carried out the nikkah ceremony yet as the boy, Zafar, himself is a minor, says Police.

One-year-old was picked as vani eight years ago by panchayat.

Claims blood money was paid to murder victim’s family to reach settlement in court.

Apex court to examine tradition of exchanging girls to settle disputes.

Police recover child kidnapped after a panchayat declared her vani to prevent her brother’s prosecution.

Suspect had wanted 12-year-old sister to be handed over to his brother-in-law.