Girl Lost In Poker Game Pleads For Help

[Kor37 9]

Girl Lost in Poker Game Pleads for Help

Reuters

HYDERABAD (Feb. 26) - A teenage girl in southern Pakistan, whose late father lost her in a poker game when she was 2 years old, has asked authorities to save her from being handed over to a middle-aged relative.

 

Rasheeda, 17, said she has filed applications with the police and a local councilperson asking them to prevent Lal Haider, 45, from taking her to his home.

 

Her mother, Nooran said her husband racked up a debt of 10,000 rupees, or $151, to Haider playing cards.

 

"My husband didn't have money to pay, and instead he told Lal Haider that he could take Rasheeda when she grows up," she said.

 

Despite being paid his money last year, she said Haider still insisted the girl should be given to him because of tribal customs.

 

While both families live in Hyderabad, a city 100 miles north of the southern city of Karachi, they belong to the same tribe in Baluchistan province.

 

The girl's uncle, Dur Mohammad said Haider apparently wanted to marry the girl to his son.

 

Khalid Rajput, a local councillor dealing with the case, said the decision that Rasheeda should be handed over to Haider was taken late last week at a tribal council meeting.

 

"We know some tribal elders from Baluchistan came for the meeting in which the girl's family was told to give her as per their customs," he said.

 

Irfan Bhutto, a police officer in Hyderabad, said Haider had been summoned. "We will ensure the girl does not have to do anything against her will."

 

 

 

Its SO hard trying to take these kind of people seriously!...

[Odo 0]

Can we say

Gamblers Anonomus.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Can we say Incestuous Arranged Marriage? She was to be hooked up with her cousin!

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

I'm not saying we should interfere, but I really have a problem respecting other cultures that have this as the end result.

 

I mean where is the father's compensation for feeding and clothing someone else's property for 15 years?

[Bethlehem 7]

I believe these people are Barbarians, their heads are buried so far they may never see daylight.

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

Obviously these are primative tribesmen, but aren't the (supposedly more advanced) authorities just as complicit?

Edited September 14, 2010 by Lt. Van Roy

[He Who Shall Not Be Named 2]

I believe these people are Barbarians, their heads are buried so far they may never see daylight.

 

India, Pakistan, probably other places as well, have communities that are so isolated they honestly don't know how ass-backwards the rest of the world sees them.