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Police in Pakistan’s Charsadda town foiled an attempt to marry off a 12-year-old girl to a 72-year-old man. A report by ARY News said that the girl’s father agreed to sell her to the elderly man for $1,799 (PKR 500,000).
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The report said that before the Nikah (the religious ceremony required by Islamic law to unite a Muslim man and woman in holy matrimony), the police intervened and arrested the 72-year-old groom.
The minor’s father managed to flee the scene. A case was registered against him…