For every runaway bride, a virgin free
BEIJING: Marriage bureaus in China are promising a Vietnamese virgin woman free to Chinese men if the wives they bought from the neighbouring country go missing.
Matchmaking agencies' posted new advertisements on telegraph poles stating that people can...
Watta satta: Father weds off 5-year-old daughter to get a bride By Shamsul Islam
Published: August 1, 2011
The father intended to contract a marriage with local resident Irfans sister. In exchange, Akram agreed to marry his 5 year old daughter Sana with Irfan, 25.
FAISALABAD: Bhowana Police...
AmPak RelationsScenes From a Marriage of insanity. By TARIQ ALI
Ever since the US occupation of Afghanistan almost ten years ago, two illusory fictions, common in many nuclear families, have dominated the discussion on AmPak relations. The first is that neither side is fully aware of what the...
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Bride bazaar flourishes in Hyderabad, India
Suresh Dharur
A bride bazaar is thriving on a well-oiled network of unscrupulous qazis (priests) and agents who exploit the poverty and illiteracy of Muslim families and push young girls into a life of hell.
The unearthing of a...
Pakistani bride dumped at Toronto airport
Published On Wed Mar 16 2011
Aisha Noor says she was told her husband, Owais Qurni, a Canadian citizen, intends to file for divorce and had notified immigration officials to cancel her sponsorship.
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Nicholas Keung Immigration...