KARACHI: A local court granted on Thursday interim bail to the cleric who solemnized the wedding of Arzoo Masih, an underage Christian girl who was allegedly abducted and forced to convert before being married to a man over 40 years ...
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KARACHI: A local court on Thursday remanded in judicial custody a suspect detained in a case pertaining to alleged abduction of a teenage Christian girl, who has purportedly converted to Islam. Police claimed to have booked her ‘husband’ Syed Ali ...
Read More »Non-bailable warrant out against cleric for performing ‘underage marriage’
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate on Tuesday issued non-bailable warrant for the arrest of a cleric, who is allegedly absconding in a case pertaining to solemnizing marriage of an underage Christian girl after she reportedly forcibly converted to Islam. Qazi Mufti ...
Read More »SHC tells police to proceed against man for marrying 16-year-old girl
The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Wednesday directed a police investigation officer to proceed against a man under the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act for marrying a 16-year-old girl, Fauzia. The direction came on the petition of Fauzia who sought ...
Read More »Warrants reissued for arrest of cleric, others in underage marriage case
KARACHI: A judicial magistrate has re-issued warrants for the arrest of a cleric and four others in a case pertaining to the marriage of an underage Christian girl, who was allegedly abducted and raped after being forcibly converted to Islam. ...
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