Young girl seeks protection against violence

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QUETTA: A 13-year-old girl, who claims to have been forcibly married to a 40-year-old man, has approached the police to save her from domestic violence.

Noor Khatoon, a resident of Maulana Mor area in Jaffarabad district, lodged a complaint against her husband Mohammad Hayat Pahore and in-laws.

“She said she was forcibly married to the man last month and he, his brother and her other in-laws had been torturing her,” police said on Wednesday, adding that the complainant would be presented before a court.

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The girl also appealed to the chief justice and the government to take measures against domestic violence in the region.

Jaffarabad and other parts of eastern Balochistan dominated by tribal custom are said have a high ratio of domestic violence and honour killings and perpetrators often escape punishment because of poor investigation by police.

Published in Dawn, July 10th, 2014

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Ravi Dallas TX

Jul 10, 2014 06:59am

Bravo girl for speaking up against them.

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umar

Jul 10, 2014 07:31am

Hats off to this brave girl ! We need more females to standup against injustice so that the hypocritical morals of the society are shaken.

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oldboy

Jul 10, 2014 07:56am

Very unfortunate such a young girl is forcibally married to older man , her parents or relatives whoever did this injustice should serve time .

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Sajjad king khan

Jul 10, 2014 09:06am

She is a child for gods sake !

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Hamzah

Jul 10, 2014 09:30am

Hope our courts bring out a stern punishment into the behavior of these uneducated tribals. Im very proud of this you girl. They should post the pictures of the people doing this cavemen behavior and shame them publicly for what they are doing to this poor girl! Time for us to shun this type of behavior in our beloved country.

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Mohammad Akhtar

Jul 10, 2014 09:33am

First of all he should be charged for child molesting, secondly government should pass a law for the legal age to marry should at least 18. Was the husband a Mullah?

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Sachal

Jul 10, 2014 10:08am

Implement 18 years minimum marriage age limit strictly to protect innocent daughters of nation

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khanm

Jul 10, 2014 10:31am

every one needs protection of some sort in this ill fated country. just look in every nook and corner you will find scary people. being scared and unprotected has become our second nature.... I declare to you that woman must not depend upon the protection of man, but must be taught to protect herself, and there I take my stand.

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Moiz Omar

Jul 10, 2014 11:22am

Strict action should be taken against the criminal culprits.

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Janderbari-Malikpur-Abbottabad

Jul 10, 2014 01:30pm

Who will take the action in our society which is infighting for power, TUQ, Imran Khan with the help of Ch Shujaat and Jamshid Desti can bring the inqulab and such issues will be settled.. . .what a shame inqulab?

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Amir Mahmood

Jul 10, 2014 05:26pm

First of all shame on the 40 years old man marrying someone that young. Noor took a bold step, is our system ready to protect her?

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