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India-Pakistan
Poverty, archaic customs reasons for child and forced marriages
2013-12-15
[Pak Daily Times] KARACHI: Early and forced marriage are a violation of human rights
...which are usually entirely different from personal liberty...
, as well as the worst form of gender-based violence, and many cases also involve physical and sexual violence, abduction, and threat of murder or murder. These kinds of marriages should be discouraged and there is a dire need for strict legislation along with a media awareness campaign to stem this trend, said LHRLA/Madadgaar National Helpline President Zia Ahmed Awan at a training workshop. The two-day workshop was organised to build skills of National Helpline staffers (Bloody Karachi
...formerly the capital of Pakistain, now merely its most important port and financial center. It is among the largest cities in the world, with a population of 18 million, most of whom hate each other and many of whom are armed and dangerous...
, Lahore, Beautiful Downtown Peshawar
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