In the Nagoha area of Barikot Tehsil, Swat district, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a disturbing event unfolded as a 70-year-old man was wed to a 13-year-old girl. This man, a father of eight and a grandfather to many, is now facing legal consequences along with four others, including the young girl’s parents and […]
During the initial months of this year, there has been a marked escalation in the incidents of abduction, forced marriage, and conversion of young Christian girls in various districts of Punjab province, Pakistan, including Lahore, Faisalabad, Sheikhupura, and Sialkot. The visibility of these incidents has increased somewhat due to the exposure […]
Are tribal girls there to be given names at an early age, the boy to grow up to become a criminal and an advertiser, then to be forced into marriage by the tribe and the decisions of the girls’ lives to be made in the panchayat?” These are the words of […]