RAHIM YAR KHAN-A couple yesterday put up their daughter for sale to pay the fine imposed by a Panchayat to settle the love-marriage despite of their son.
The couple identified as Ismail and his wife Kausar, residents of Tibba Balochan, protested outside Press Club Sadiqabad on Saturday. They were carrying placard inscribed with their “request for the sale of their daughter.”
Ismail and his wife told the media men that their son had contracted love-marriage last due to which his (son) in-laws occupied their house and all other belongings.
The couple informed that later a local Panchayat led by a councillor imposed a fine of Rs300,000 on to settle the love-marriage issue of their son.
They claimed that when they approached the Sadiqabad DSP and informed him about grabbing of their house as a result of their son’s love marriage and the subsequent decision of the Panchayat, the DSP had also declared the whole matter as illegal. But now the police officer is pressurising the poor couple to paying the fine to get them their house possession. Tears rolling down their cheek, both Ismail and his wife said that now they have put up their daughter on sale to pay off the fine and get their house back from illegal occupation.
When contacted PRO to DPO Umer Salim said that DSP Mahar Nasir Saqib has invited both the parties on Tuesday and after a thorough investigation, the issue will be resolved as per law.