Pak girl married for a buffalo wants divorce

A teenaged girl who was given away in marriage by her father to a man twice her age in exchange for a buffalo, is seeking divorce on groundS of cruelty by her husband and her in-laws.

Karachi, Aug 10 : A teenaged girl who was given away in marriage by her father to a man twice her age in exchange for a buffalo, is seeking divorce on groundS of cruelty by her husband and her in-laws.

Rubina (16), of Tri Mori village near Tando Adam in Sindh Province told journalists that soon after her marriage, her husband, Mir Mataro Magsi (40) of Shah Baig Mari village, started beating her on flimsy grounds.

Her in-laws also took it as a right to thrash her from time to time, she said.

Rubina said she decided to come back to her parents, as she could no more bear the torture.

On Wednesday, her husband and his friends attacked her and her parents and tried to kidnap her when they were going to court to file for divorce, but people of the area saved her.

The girl's father, Khan Mohammad Magsi, said that he was ready to return the buffalo, which he had received in exchange for his daughter, as he could not see his daughter's pain, the Dawn reported.

Tando Adam police officer Amir Abbas Shah said the girl's complaint is being investigated.

ANI