 MULTAN: Another case of Vani has come to light as four unborn girls have been pledged to this cruel tradition on the orders of a local council (jirga) held in Sadar police precincts in Dera Ghazi Khan on Friday (April 7).
| I'll admit, those are the youngest child brides I've ever heard of... |
Eight years ago, three cousins — Abdul Karim, Noor Bakhsh and Faqeer Muhammad — gunned down Hussain Bakhsh.
| He probably deserved it... |
The court sentenced a life term imprisonment to Noor Bakhsh and acquitted Abdul Karim and Faqeer Muhammad giving them benefit of doubt.
"I dunnit and I'm glad!"
"What my client means, yer honor, is that even though the decedent is perforated from head to foot, the prosecution can't prove that any of them bullet holes wuz produced by him!"
"Hokay. I'll give him the benefit of the doubt. But don't let it happen again!" |
Around the same time, former nazim of Fort Munro, Hamid Khan Zanglani, Aslam Qaimani and Muhammad Ali Qaimani held the jirga and decided that the accused party would offer six girls as Vani, Rs 3.5 million and property worth Rs 5.5 million as compensation.
| Oh, yasss... I'm sure that Hussain Bakhsh was worth every rupee. He was an estimable man, with a large turban. He always kept his weapons clean. Except for that last incident, of course... |
These were the terms for reconciliation. According to the decision made by the jirga, girls that would be born in the house of Imam Bakhsh, father of Noor Bakhsh, Riaz Muhammad, Jan Muhammad, Abdul Karim and Ali Haider would be given to the family of the murdered man. On Friday, Hamid Zanglani, Ahmad Ali, Aslam Qaimani and others held another jirga and decreased the number of girls from six to four.
| But they added a Buck knife and a goat, so it all worked out even... |
When contacted, District Police Officer Salman Chaudhry said, "It was not in my knowledge nor any complaint or report was received by the police station. However we would investigate the case because now Vani is a cognisable offence."
| "Not that we cognizate on it very often..." |
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