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Menace of child marriage continues unabated in Pakistan, says columnist Sulman Ali ANI | Updated: Dec 25, 2020 00:52 IST
Islamabad [Pakistan], December 25 (ANI): The menace of forced child marriage continues unabated in Pakistan and the repeated incidents have shown that the issue is deep-rooted in the country, said columnist Sulman Ali.
Recently, a 13-year-old Christan girl Arzoo was abducted allegedly by Ali Azhar, a 44-year-old man in Karachi. She was forcibly converted to Islam and was married off to the man.
The recent case of Arzoo has reignited the debate in the country, said Ali.
In a column in The Nation, Ali writes: The menace of child marriage doesn t seem to end in Pakistan, as another case of alleged forced marriage and conversion of minority Christian girl surfaced in Karachi. The repeated incidents have shown that the issue is deep-rooted in the country.