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India-Pakistan
Little 'adulteress' Investigation against jirga
2006-05-13
Sindh authorities on Friday ordered a brobe into a tribal council's ruling that a 13-year-old girl marry after convicting her and a 10-year-old boy of adultery. The judgement was passed down earlier this week by an "illegal" jirga in Aliabad village in Sindh, officials said. Provincial Home Minister Rauf Siddiqui said: "I have ordered an inquiry into the report and legal action will be taken against those responsible."

The council had directed Sarah Abro's father to marry her off to another boy within six months, officials said. It also slapped a Rs 150,000 fine on the boy, Qurban Shah, and exiled him from the village for six months. The boy's father, a dairy shop owner, told journalists that his son had never had sex with the girl, adding that her father had maligned Qurban due to a family feud. "These reports are horrifying and action will be taken against those holding such illegal jirgas," said Siddiqui, adding. "Some influential people are behind the incident and the family members of the boy and the girl are not traceable at present," a police official in Larkana said.
Posted by:Fred

#5  The explanation from the boy's father makes the most sense.
Posted by: Phiter Phavilet5544   2006-05-13 04:59  

#4  Adultery? So which one of them was married? This story kinda shines a new light on the old question: "Do infants have as much fun in their infancy as adults do in their adultery?".
(Thanks for the graphic, Fred)
Posted by: GK   2006-05-13 04:51  

#3  PIMF. There should be they're. [*hangs head, goes to corner, affixes dunce cap*]
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-05-13 02:35  

#2  Adultry? Jeeze Louise, Mon! There kids.
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2006-05-13 02:33  

#1  brobe

is thatr short hand for blasphemous probe?
Posted by: RD   2006-05-13 00:46  

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