The marriage of a 12-year-old girl to a 72-year-old man named Habib Khan was called off after successful intervention by the police in Pakistan’s Charsadda town. While the police managed to arrest the groom and the ‘Nikah Khwan’ (a person who solemnizes the marriage), the girl’s father managed to escape.<\/p>\n
A case has been registered against the girl’s father, the 72-year-old man, and the ‘Nikkah Khwan’ under the Child Marriage Act, according to ARY News. Despite the existence of laws prohibiting child marriage, such incidents continue to occur in various parts of Pakistan.<\/p>\n
The girl’s father, Alam Syed, had reportedly agreed to sell his daughter to the elderly man for PKR 500,000.<\/p>\n
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