Liaqatabad Police Stop Underage Girl's Rukhsati, Arrest Six

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Liaqatabad police stopped an underage girl’s rukhsati ceremony at Madina Shadi Hall in Kashmiri Mohalla on Sunday night.
Six people were arrested, among them the groom Sibt-ul-Hassan and the girl’s father.
The FIR says the nikah was solemnised on October 4 and the rukhsati was set for November 8.
The case, FIR 2533/26, invokes sections 3, 4 and 7 of the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Ordinance 2026 and section 186 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

LAHORE: Liaqatabad police have stopped an underage girl’s rukhsati ceremony at a Lahore marriage hall and arrested six people.

According to the police handout, a caller on the 15 helpline alerted the station while the ceremony was under way at Madina Shadi Hall in Kashmiri Mohalla.

Police said the party reached the hall promptly and stopped the rukhsati before the bride could be sent off.

The handout said the arrested men included the groom Sibt-ul-Hassan and the girl’s father. The four others held were men present at the ceremony, it said.

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FIR 2533/26, Liaqatabad police station

FIR 2533/26, Liaqatabad police station, Lahore

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The FIR, No. 2533/26, was registered at Liaqatabad police station on the written complaint of a sub-inspector of the station. It invokes sections 3, 4 and 7 of the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Ordinance 2026, with section 186 of the Pakistan Penal Code.

The FIR says the nikah had been solemnised on October 4 and the rukhsati fixed for November 8. It says some of those present resisted the police party; the nikah nama was recovered from the father’s pocket, it adds.

Under the Punjab Child Marriage Restraint Act 2026, an adult who contracts a marriage with a child faces rigorous imprisonment of two to three years. A guardian who promotes or permits such a marriage faces the same term, with a fine of up to Rs500,000.

DIG Operations Lahore Faisal Kamran said child marriage is a crime in law and no compromise can be made on the protection of children. He said Lahore police would ensure indiscriminate legal action against those involved in child marriages.

The DIG said the protection of children’s rights is Lahore Police’s top priority. Further investigation into the case is under way, the handout said.

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