Summary Kiran and Saman eloped to Karachi to pursue same-sex marriage, a criminal offence
GUJRAT (Dunya News) – Police have held two girls belonging to Jalalpur Jattan of Gujrat district on Monday in Karachi for eloping to pursue a same-sex marriage, a criminal offence in Pakistan.
According to the details, 19-year-old tomboyish Kiran wrote a letter to Saman expressing her wish to live her life with her and after a nod, the matter was put to their mothers by the girls.
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File photos of the two girls
Learning of their children’s culpable viewpoints, they were barred from seeing each other and maintaining a contact, however, the two eloped to Karachi, denying the restrictions.
Saman’s mother has lodged a First Information Report (FIR) with police alleging that Kiran kidnapped her daughter. Reportedly, Saman has expressed a wish before a court to be shifted to Darul Amaan (women s shelter home) and not her residence in Gujrat.
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Still of a copy of the FIR lodged with police with Saman s family
According to the statements recorded before the police, Saman was being forced to marry a suitor chosen by her family whom she had disapproved of which is why Kiran helped her get rid of the pressure and they arranged to leave.
Same-sex marriage is a criminal offence in Pakistan and is punishable under the law.
