![]() There should be fear of breaking laws but here we rarely see implementation,” Mehmood says. We have laws against the ghag, ‘honour’ killings, domestic violence. “We need to make sure the laws are implemented. Shahid Mehmood, regional coordinator in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa for the Human Rights Commission of Pakistan, knows of dozens of similar cases, but says people fail to make official complaints. Pac-Man 4 Inch Plush Assortment - 1 Red, 1 Blue, and 1 Pink. The government and courts should do more.” Pac Man Stuffed Animals & Plush Toys in Toys (11) Price when purchased online. Many people still don’t know ghag is an offence. “It is motivating to see that a few people come out and fight against the ghag, but we should raise awareness. Muhammad Essa Khan, a lawyer, has taken several ghag cases to court. Most cases of ghag are not reported, and when they do reach court, the men are often granted bail after offering apologies. “My sister has become ill and can’t leave home and does not talk to her sisters, but the evil man takes pride in it,” says Sanaullah. We left the village and moved to Islamabad, but the man does not stop his evil act. He said he would return the amount they invested in the engagement. “After my sister got engaged in mid-2021, he told her fiance and the family to break off the engagement because he had claimed ghag. We use Google reCaptcha to protect our website and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.Īfter newsletter promotion We have laws against the ghag, ‘honour’ killings, domestic violence – those laws are rarely implemented Shahid Mehmood, human rights activist ![]() For more information see our Privacy Policy. Privacy Notice: Newsletters may contain info about charities, online ads, and content funded by outside parties. ![]() Bibi is my brother’s wife, and he has a claim on her,” he told them. She was in the house with her stepmother when Khan’s brother knocked at their gate with a pistol in his hand “I am here to take Bibi, my sister-in-law. In 2019, there was an effort to snatch Bibi from her home. The claim is made by sending a marriage proposal, firing a gun outside the girl’s house or making an open declaration in writing for a girl’s hand without her or her parents’ consent. Ghag endures in the north-western Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province of Pakistan, which borders Afghanistan. I am a woman, not a toy, and I don’t want to be married to someone forcibly.” I am a human, and I have all rights to get engaged and married to whoever I want. “I am traumatised, I have anxiety and can’t sleep without medication. We live in the medieval dark ages Sanaullah, brother of Inteha Bibi My sister has become ill and can’t leave home but the evil man takes pride in it. A man called Mahabat Khan was trying to enforce a ghag on Bibi, and made it clear to the community in the tribal Bajaur district where they lived that he still intended to enforce it.Īlthough Bibi and her family rejected Khan’s proposal when she was a child, she cannot marry anyone else, according to the custom.
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