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India-Pakistan
 Father marries off 10 year old daughter to resolve debt
2011-10-12
[Geo TV] FAISALABAD: A 10 year old girl was married off to a 28 year old man by her addict father in order to resolve a debt, Geo News reported.

The police have tossed in the calaboose the groom and the person who conducted the Nikkah after they received a complaint from the girl's mother.

According to the groom the girl's father had taken a loan of Rs 15,000 from him and in order to repay him he had agreed to the marriage.

The police have started the paperwork but haven't done much else under the child marriage act.
Posted by:Fred

#13  Sorry -- all that was about Pakistan.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-10-12 23:34  

#12  You obviously don't understand sharia.

Everything not mandatory is forbidden.

Opium poppies grow wild as well as under cultivation, marijuana plants grow wild, people go blind and mad from homemade hooch regularly, they have commonly used illegal recreational drugs that we don't use here...Sharia is beside the point, mojo.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-10-12 23:33  

#11  Two pounds a pound, classy.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2011-10-12 18:44  

#10  > Everything not mandatory is forbidden.

Code Napoleon law works the same way.
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-10-12 18:04  

#9  "...it might well be that said chemcals are legal in Pakistan..."

You obviously don't understand sharia.

Everything not mandatory is forbidden.
Posted by: mojo   2011-10-12 17:58  

#8  Ending prohibition didn't end alcoholism, but it was still better than the alternative. Ever heard of "harm reduction"? No one is asking you to subsidize beer or anything else. A lot of people like to get high, always have, always will. Deal with it.
Posted by: Scooter McGruder   2011-10-12 17:29  

#7  Oh, that's right we'll all subsidize them.

Libertarians don't think that far ahead.
Posted by: Pappy   2011-10-12 14:05  

#6  The article doesn't say which drug(s) the father was addicted to, but it might well be that said chemcals are legal in Pakistan. Cheap, legally available drugs just enable the addict to consume more before running into economic difficulties.
Posted by: trailing wife   2011-10-12 13:33  

#5  Right. How are the druggies going to pay for their drugs? Oh, that's right we'll all subsidize them. Alcohol consumers will be right in line in back of them.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-10-12 11:21  

#4  Another success for Drug Prohibition!
Posted by: Bright Pebbles   2011-10-12 10:38  

#3  Just google "mother sells daughter" for US results. Terrible, tragic, but drugs are a common thread.
Posted by: Procopius2k   2011-10-12 09:02  

#2  Finally, I think I am beginning to see a way out for the Eurozone.
Posted by: Perfesser   2011-10-12 08:33  

#1  converts into £110
Posted by: Kojack   2011-10-12 04:03  

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