SUKKUR: A 10-year-old boy was convicted by a tribal court (jirga) of having an extramarital affair and his family was ordered to pay a fine of Rs700,000 to the aggrieved side.

The matter had sparked a rivalry between the Bakhrani and Banglani communities living in Nihal Bakhrani village near Tangwani town of Kandhkot-Kashmore district. The aggrieved side took the matter to the jirga headed by a tribal elder, Jehangir Banglani, on Monday.

Mr Banglani, along with his aides, heard arguments from both sides and held the 10-year-old boy, Taimoor Banglani, guilty of having an extramarital affair with a girl belonging to a Bakhrani family. The Banglani family was ordered to pay a fine of Rs700,000. The guilty side paid Rs50,000 on the spot and undertook to pay off the remaining fine money within three months.

Published in Dawn, June 16th, 2015

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