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Daughter sold to pay for eye op
News24 ^
| 16/02/2007
| Rueters
Posted on 02/16/2007 3:28:10 PM PST by Nachum
Karachi - A Pakistani man sold his 10-year-old daughter for $500 to pay for his eye operation, a police official in the southern province of Sindh said on Friday.
The father Noor Mohammad had agreed to hand his daughter over to a fellow villager, Gul Mohammad Kalohi, once she reached puberty, according to Abdul Hadi, district police officer for Badin, about 250km east of Karachi.
"It is a shameful incident and has taken place," said Hadi.
"We were informed about this incident from a complaint made by a relative of the father."
Police have completed their investigation of the case, but no charges have been laid yet as they were still determining which district had jurisdiction as Kolai village, near Tando Bagho town, lay on a boundary.
Zia Awan, a noted rights lawyer, said under the children's protection law in Sindh the father could be sentenced to a year in prison.
Such cases are relatively common in rural parts of Pakistan, where feudal and tribal customs prevail. Men either sell or exchange their daughters to pay off debts or settle disputes.
TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: daughter; eye; islam; op; pakistan; religionofpieces; sold
Hey, how mooch fur de gurl?
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:28:15 PM PST
by
Nachum
To: Nachum
The father Noor Mohammad had agreed to hand his daughter over to a fellow villager, Gul Mohammad Kalohi, once she reached puberty
He's a moderate!
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:30:38 PM PST
by
LtdGovt
("Where government moves in, community retreats and civil society disintegrates" -Janice Rogers Brown)
To: Nachum
Lemme guess. She gets returned because selling her was illegal and then daddy dearest stones her because she'll have been violated. Did I get it right?
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:32:37 PM PST
by
mtbopfuyn
(I think the border is kind of an artificial barrier - San Antonio councilwoman Patti Radle)
To: SJackson; Alouette; ExTexasRedhead
The culture and religion of peace strikes again.
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:35:35 PM PST
by
Clintonfatigued
(If the GOP were to stop worshiping Free Trade as if it were a religion, they'd win every election)
To: Nachum
I'm gonna show this article to my daughter the next time she gets mouthy!
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:35:37 PM PST
by
ExpatGator
(Extending logic since 1961.)
To: Nachum
These people are disgusting!!
To: Nachum
Is this one of those examples of multiculturalism that we are supposed to be celebrating? Primitives.
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:48:10 PM PST
by
M203M4
To: NoGrayZone
These people are disgusting!! It's not just the mooselimbs. The godless Chinese are just as bad.
But they're our creditor, so we look the other way.
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posted on
02/16/2007 3:48:20 PM PST
by
wizecrakker
(Trying to behave)
To: wizecrakker
Ugh, the godless. That scares me most.
To: Nachum
Savages. Yet the Left constantly reminds us that we are scum and must learn from the rest of the world.
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:02:14 PM PST
by
Mad_Tom_Rackham
(I don't have any reason to be cynical, but...)
To: M203M4
Woman only gets eight months for prostituting sister
http://www.kstp.com/article/stories/S30704.shtml?cat=1
A woman sells her developmentally disabled sister as a prostitute over and over.
You might think she'd spend years in prison, but not in this case.
5 EYEWITNESS NEWS reveals why a woman convicted of such a horrific crime will be back on the streets in a matter of months.
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:08:10 PM PST
by
Rakkasan1
((Illegal immigrants are just undocumented friends you haven't met yet!))
To: Nachum
Sadly enough, there are people in this country that sell their children for drugs.
To: Richard Kimball
My parents used to tell me that I really belonged to the black family down the street.
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:15:17 PM PST
by
miliantnutcase
("If it moves, tax it. If it keeps moving, regulate it. If it stops moving, subsidize it." -ichabod1)
To: Nachum
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:17:04 PM PST
by
petercooper
("Daisy-cutters trump a wiretap anytime." - Nicole Gelinas - 02-10-04)
To: Richard Kimball
Hell, think of how many "parents" in the US have the means to keep their kids out of the "kiddie-kennels," but choose to dump their kids with virtual strangers so they don't have to drive a lesser car, or do without a vacation, or live in a smaller home.
Things are bad all over...especially if you're a kid.
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posted on
02/16/2007 4:20:12 PM PST
by
RavenATB
(Patton was right...)
To: Nachum
He sold her for $500? How many goats is that?
To: ExpatGator
I'm gonna show this article to my daughter the next time she gets mouthy! Good idea, I have grand daughters near that age.
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posted on
02/16/2007 5:35:22 PM PST
by
Graybeard58
(Remember and pray for SSgt. Matt Maupin - MIA/POW- Iraq since 04/09/04)
To: Nachum
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posted on
02/16/2007 8:21:43 PM PST
by
vpintheak
(Like a muddied spring or a polluted well is a righteous man who gives way to the wicked)
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