A middle-aged man has to face jail for solemnizing marriage with an underage girl in Larkana. Reportedly, a police party gatecrashed a marriage function in Nazar Mohallah in Larkana. Police were informed that 35-year-old Ashraf Kalhoro was solemnizing marriage with 12-year-old Naseem Kalhoro. They arrested the groom and bride’s father Zaheer Kolhro for arranging a marriage prohibited under the country’s law. The Nikkah reciter, Maulvi Abdullah, fled the scene at the time of police raid. SHO Rehmat Abbasi said that a case will be registered against the accused under the Child Act.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)