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Three Peshawar men arrested for announcing wedding date without woman’s consent
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Three men booked under Ghag Act in Peshawar
Ghag is an old customary practice where a man forcibly demands or claims the hand of a woman without her or her parent’s permission by making an open declaration
Those convicted under the law can face punishment for up to seven years
PESHAWAR: The police arrested three men in Peshawar for setting the wedding date and sending out invitation cards for a woman without her consent.
The men have been booked under Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Ghag Act, 2013, which outlawed the inhumane practice of “ghag”, where a man forcibly demands or claims the hand of a woman without her or her parent’s permission by making an open declaration.