Swat (Pakistan News) A 9-year-old girl was married to a 32-year-old man on the order of a jirga in Swat.
According to the news agency “INP”, the police have started action on the incident of a 9-year-old girl getting married to a 32-year-old man on the order of a jirga in the Mangalore area of Swat. The girl’s uncle Syed Rehman had kidnapped the woman four months ago after which the jirga was held.
The jirga decided to give the 9-year-old girl to Surah, after which the girl was married. It should be noted that earlier in Attock, a 12-year-old girl was forcibly married to a 70-year-old man by her stepfather.