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Amir Khusro's heart-warming couplet “Apne mahalwa maan guriya khelat thi… saiyaan ke aaye kahaar re” (A girl still playing with her dolls is suddenly lifted into a palanquin and carried to her husband's home) is an apt rendering of the menace we know as 'child marriage'. Pakistan ranks sixth globally by absolute numbers of child brides; according to the Girls...
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The writer is a student at the University of Narowal.
