Bannu: 6-year old girl weds 5-year old through Jirga

Police then arrested the parents and feudals of the two children.There was a conflict of ‘Karo Kari’ between Ismail and Awais in Pannu Aaqil. This matter was then settled by ‘Jirga’ which ordered marriage of Ismail’s 6-year old daughter Hafeezan with Awais’s 5-year old son Tayyab. As soon as this news was aired on media, police managed arrest parents along with feudals of both children. The feudal later told that we tried to get this issue resolved through police but nobody took notice of this matter. We then decided to this matter into ‘Jirga’, just to avoid any sort of bloodshed, he added.