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Pakistan MP marries 14-year-old girl from Balochistan, probe ordered
Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, the Member of the National Assembly is in his late 50s, according to Pakistan media.
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The marriage of the teenage girl with the Pakistan MP, who is four times her age, comes despite the country s law. (Representational Image) By ANI
CHITRAL: Pakistan police have launched an investigation into the marriage of a 14-year-old girl with Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), and a Member of National Assembly (MNA) from Balochistan.
Citing local media, Pak Observer has reported that the police have launched the probe after receiving a complaint from an NGO working for the welfare of women in Chitral.
Pakistan MP marries 14-year-old girl, probe ordered
Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, the Member of the National Assembly is in his late 50s, according to Pakistan media. Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi
Updated: Feb 23, 2021, 05:37 PM IST
Pakistan police have launched an investigation into the marriage of a 14-year-old girl with Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), and a Member of National Assembly (MNA) from Balochistan.
According to a report by Dawn, the girl was a student of Government Girls High School, Jughoor, where her date of birth had been recorded as of October 28, 2006, which showed that she had not attained the age of marriage.
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According to a report by Dawn, the girl was a student of Government Girls High School, Jughoor, where her date of birth had been recorded as of October 28, 2006.
Jughoor is in Chitral town in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.
In a shocking incident, Pakistani Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, leader of Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F), and a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Balochistan married a 14-year-old girl. The Pakistan police have launched an investigation into the marriage.
Citing local media, Pak Observer has reported that the police have launched the probe after receiving a complaint from an NGO working for the welfare of women in Chitral. According to a report by Dawn, the girl was a student of Government Girls High School, Jughoor, where her date of birth had been recorded as of October 28, 2006, which showed that she had not attained the age of marriage. Jughoor is in Chitral town in northern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa of Pakistan.
Law in Pakistan does not allow marriage with girls below 16 years of age. Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi | Photo Credit: ANI
Chitral: The Pakistan Police have initiated an investigation into the marriage of a 14-year-old girl with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, who is a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Balochistan.
Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi was elected to the National Assembly from constituency NA-263 (Kila Abdullah) as JUI-F leader.
The inquiry was started on the basis of a complaint registered by an NGO working for the welfare of women in Chitral. Anjuman Dawat-o-Azeemat, in an application, alleged that the news of the underage girl’s marriage with the MNA from Balochistan, about four times of her age, had gone viral on social media, leaving the people infuriated.