The girl was getting married to a 23 year old man named Zahid. He was arrested with his father and so were the wedding guests. I’m just glad our police are alive in stopping these things and severely punishing people who commit these acts of absolute illiteracy!
I don’t understand how the Nikah Khwan Molvi Ghaus was okay with the marriage. If he really was a Molvi, he should have known that Islam doesn’t want 6 year old girls getting married. The criterion for getting married is being an adult that’s when you become ‘baligh’.
What saddens me is the fact that such acts are still being carried out in our country. We are in the 21st century and if such things still take place in Pakistan everyone can see a huge sign that says “IT’S THE ILLITERACY RATE IN THE COUNTRY THAT IS TO BLAME!” Why doesn’t the government do anything about educating our people properly? Yes we do have government schools but those are not enough! Also, many people don’t even send their children to these schools. The government needs to educate these people so that we don’t see any more victims of ignorance in this country.
Human rights should be safeguarded. This should be the top priority of the government! The girl is clearly a victim of child abuse and God forbid if police had not raided this wedding, I can’t even imagine what would have happened to the girl. The police said this about the poor girl:
“Uzma didn’t really have much idea of what was happening here and said that her parents had told her she would get many gifts. She didn’t know she was getting married” Such is the height of illiteracy and ignorance in the country!
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