[nukkad] Vani practice is un-Islamic: CJ

[Ameer ~* 'Ali <>]

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Vani practice is un-Islamic: CJ
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By Nasir Iqbal
ISLAMABAD, Dec 21: The National Judicial Policy Making 
Committee 
(NJPMC) on Saturday held the practice of "Vani" 
(exchange of 
female as consideration for compounding 
disputes/offences) against 
the injunctions of Islam.
 
A meeting of the NJPMC which was presided over by 
Chief Justice 
Sheikh Riaz Ahmed held in the Supreme Court building, 
took notice 
of the increasing instances of the tradition of Vani and 
held that 
no marriage could be solemnized without the free 
consent of the 
parties.....
 
http://www.dawn.com/
cgi-bin/dina.pl?file=top9.htm&date=20021222 
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