Such injustices have been taking place for ages, but now with a bolder media and growing international interest they are coming into the limelight. It is highly embarassing to learn about such news as it displays a widespread lack of education. This took place in the city of Hyderabad. Once again, the tribal elders sat down and sided with injustice, or against what most people call ‘women’s rights’.
‘Sold’ Pakistani girl in appeal: BBC News
The mother of a girl in Pakistan claimed by a man in lieu of a 16 year old gambling debt has appealed to the authorities for help.
The woman told journalists in the southern city of Hyderabad that she feared for her daughter’s safety.
Women are often used as collateral to settle debts and feuds amongst tribesmen in rural Pakistan.
Last year, Pakistan’s ruling political party introduced legislation to outlaw forced marriages under tribal customs.
Tribal justice
Nooran Bibi said her late husband had promised her daughter, Rasheeda, to one Lal Haider in lieu of a poker game debt amounting to 10,000 rupees ($164).
Continue reading ‘From Mukhtaran Mai to Rasheeda’
