12-26-2007, 10:39 PM
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LAHORE: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly forced to marry her 35-year-old physically handicapped cousin to settle a gambling debt. The incident took place in Akhtarabad near Okara on Tuesday. The husband is the girlâs cousin and cannot hear or speak. The girlâs father owed gambling money to his sister-in-lawâs husband and in exchange married off his daughter to his sister-in-lawâs son.
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LAHORE: A nine-year-old girl was allegedly forced to marry her 35-year-old physically handicapped cousin to settle a gambling debt. The incident took place in Akhtarabad near Okara on Tuesday. The husband is the girlâs cousin and cannot hear or speak. The girlâs father owed gambling money to his sister-in-lawâs husband and in exchange married off his daughter to his sister-in-lawâs son.
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