HRCP slams marriage of under-age girls

The fact-finding team found out that Shar Badag, Aishi Khan and Sohbat Khan of Qalandrani tribe and Noor Ali, Mir Khan and Shahnwaz of Chakrani tribe participated in the jirga.

According to the Kashmore-Kandhkot DPO Mohammad Younus Chandio, so far it could not be ascertained that the jirga was held in the province of Sindh or Balochistan. Most of the tribesmen of the two tribes lived in Dera Bugti and Jafarabad in Balochistan and there were only a few houses in Sindh, the DPO added.

HRCP demands that the provincial government take immediate action against all those responsible for the illegal and inhuman decisions and ensure immediate release of the minor girls, Iqbal Haider, chairman, HRCP said.