{"id":26711,"date":"2023-11-21T04:15:04","date_gmt":"2023-11-21T04:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/police-foil-bid-of-marrying-underage-girl-with-middle-aged-man\/"},"modified":"2023-11-21T04:15:04","modified_gmt":"2023-11-21T04:15:04","slug":"police-foil-bid-of-marrying-underage-girl-with-middle-aged-man","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pakistaninewspaperlist.com\/news\/police-foil-bid-of-marrying-underage-girl-with-middle-aged-man\/","title":{"rendered":"Police foil bid of marrying underage girl with middle-aged man"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-td-block-uid=\"tdi_98\">\n<div class=\"tdb-block-inner td-fix-index\">\n<p><strong>PHOOL NAGAR: The local police have foiled an attempt to marry off an underage girl to a 35-year-old man in Sarai Mughal village in Kasur District, ARY News reported on Monday. \u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Sources told ARY News that Zahoor Ahmed, a resident of Kot Lal Deen, arranged marriage of his 12-year-old daughter Guman Fatima with 35-year-old Akaml Ali \u2013 a resident of Bahawalnagar.<\/p>\n<p>A police team on a tip-off raided the house and foiled the underage marriage attempt. The police also arrested the nikah khwan, the groom and parents of the underage girl from the spot.<\/p>\n<p>The police said they have registered a case under section 6 of Child Marriage Restraint (amended) Ordinance 2015 and 342 of PPC and launched an investigation into the matter.<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Read More:<\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/arynews.tv\/police-foils-attempt-marrying-underage-girl\/\"> <em>Police foil underage marriage in Ahmedpur Sharqia<\/em><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The practice of child marriage is a harsh reality of many rural areas in Pakistan. Not only is it adversely affecting the education of these young brides, but the barbaric custom is also taking a toll on their lives.<\/p>\n<p>It is pertinent to mention here that people below the age of 18 can\u2019t be married under the Child Marriage Restraint Act.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><script type=\"rocketlazyloadscript\">\n  window.fbAsyncInit = function() {\n    FB.init({\n      appId      : '161345524510473',\n      cookie     : true,\n      xfbml      : true,\n      version    : 'v3.0'\n    });\n    FB.AppEvents.logPageView();   \n  };\n  (function(d, s, id){\n     var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];\n     if (d.getElementById(id)) {return;}\n     js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;\n     js.src = \"https:\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js\";\n     fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);\n   }(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));\n<\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PHOOL NAGAR: The local police have foiled an attempt to marry 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