Young woman married off to 60-year-old man on panchayat’s order in Punjab
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LAHORE: A young woman was forcibly married off to a 60-year-old man on panchayat’s order in Punjab, ARY News reported.
According to the details, the woman’s brother had married a girl of his choice, without the consent of her family in Pakpattan. Following the marriage, the couple had managed to flee from the area.
Later, the girl’s family called a meeting of the village Panchayat who had decided to give the boy’s sister hand in marriage to the 60-year-old influential man under the ‘vani’ custom to compensate for her brother’s free-will marriage.
Read More: Police arrest Kashmore jirga members in vani case
Last year on December 8, Police had claimed to have arrested members of a jirga over charge of declaring a seven-year-old girl vani and forcibly marrying her off to settle an honour-related case.
According to details, a jirga had been held at a local landlord’s place in Kashmore area of the Sindh province to settle-off a case pertaining to honour.
The jirga members had decided to marry-off a seven-year-old girl and impose fine upto Rs 1.2 million on the man for his alleged involvement in the case.
