In a village around the southern part of Pakistani, a 10-year-old boy was fined $7,000 by a tribal court for having an extra-marital affair with a married woman in her 30s, reports AFP.
The reports quotes the chief police officer of the district, Umar Tufail, as saying;
Jirgas typically take the form of a council of male elders assigned to resolve disputes and have repeatedly come in for criticism for issuing controversial decisions, including forcibly marrying off young girls to end family feuds.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court had, in 2013, declared the jirgas illegal and asked provincial authorities to clamp down on them though they still persist in rural areas as a dispute settlement mechanism for people without the means to use regular courts.
“The 10-year-old was caught having an extramarital affair with a lady from another tribe, which created bad blood between the two tribes.
The incident was later taken to a jirga (tribal court) which ordered the boy’s family to pay a fine of Rs700,000 ($7,000) to the aggrieved side.
The boy’s family paid Rs50,000 ($500) up front and undertook to pay off the remaining amount within three months.
In the Pakistani penal code, an adult male having sex with a female child is considered to have committed statutory rape, but the law does not apply in the case of a woman having sex with a boy.It has came to our knowledge that a jirga was held to solve a dispute regarding an extramarital affair. We are looking into the incident as jirgas are illegal.”
Jirgas typically take the form of a council of male elders assigned to resolve disputes and have repeatedly come in for criticism for issuing controversial decisions, including forcibly marrying off young girls to end family feuds.
Pakistan’s Supreme Court had, in 2013, declared the jirgas illegal and asked provincial authorities to clamp down on them though they still persist in rural areas as a dispute settlement mechanism for people without the means to use regular courts.
Lol, ds crazy mehn, how do u expect him to pay up..
ReplyDeleteU should fine the woman too
DeleteThings of d world... Hmmm
ReplyDeleteLol,,but who them suppose hold here..10yr n 30yr old...who deceive who..that's an unfair justics to me...
ReplyDeleteThis people no get common sense?? Na the boy suppose pay abi the woman
ReplyDeleteChaaa what kind of life be this
ReplyDeleteWetin 10yr old boy know? If there's anyone to hold responsible it's d 30yr old woman dt lured d boy into ds act, ahhhhh, what a world
ReplyDelete10yr old boy? Dis story get k-leg. Hmmm! "Uwaifo don talk e own o".
ReplyDeleteInteresting
ReplyDeleteThis judgement is upside down. The lady is to be punished and not the small boy, who know nothing at such age.
ReplyDeleteShe rather exploited his innocence.