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by nukegingrich | February 9, 2007 at 07:49 am
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This is a bizzarre way to settle a feud.
Dera Ismail Khan - A four-year old girl was married to a 45-year-old man in a remote Pakistan town to settle a feud, leading to the arrest of 12 people from two families, police said on Friday.The bizarre marriage took place last month on the orders of a Punchayat or tribal council in northwestern Dera Ismail Khan town but police acted only last week after rights activist raised the alarm.
Police said they had taken into custody the accused from both the families involved in the affair as well as members of the punchayat and registered a case for violating law banning child marriage.
The minor, Sumaira, was given in marriage to the middle-aged man, Mahboob Ahmed, as a punishment because the girl's maternal uncle, Mohammad Farooq, had eloped with the adult niece of the bridegroom, police said.
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at 06:13 on February 10th, 2007
In many regions of the world where virginity is given a high social value, girls are married off at a young age, often to men many years older.
A child bride faces greater health risks and experiences real physical violation and trauma as her young body is forced to deal with early sexual activity and the strains and pains of pregnancy and childbirth.