UMARKOT-Local police on Monday foiled an attempt to marry an underage girl with a middle-age man in Umarkot and arrested four persons. Those arrested for involvement in the illegal marriage attempt included 40-year-old groom, his mother and mother of the ...
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CHITRAL: The Chitral police have arrested seven persons, including the bridegroom, the nikah khwan and five witnesses over the marriage of an 11-year-old girl with a man of 35. The incident took place in Port village of Laspur valley in ...
Read More »Main suspect in Arzoo case granted bail
KARACHI: A sessions court on Thursday granted bail to a suspect detained for allegedly kidnapping and raping an underage Christian girl, who had reportedly converted to Islam. Police have detained and booked main suspect Syed Ali Azhar and others under ...
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SUKKUR: The Khairpur Police foiled the marriage of an under-age girl in Kot Diji. The Kumb Police of Khairpur received a distress phone call informing them that father of an underage girl (Aneesa Babar) was forcing her marriage. The police ...
Read More »Main suspect to be tried for rape in Arzoo underage marriage case
Listening to multiple rounds of strong arguments, a District South civil judge finally decided in favor of the police’s investigation in the case of underage marriage of purportedly Christian-turned-Muslim girl Arzoo by implicating Azhar, the man who married her, in ...
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