Pakistan: Blasphemy case registered against female marriage officiate

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The police came to know about the incident through social media after a video of Sarkash solemnising the nikkah spread like wildfire, drawing both condemnation and support.

Times of Ahmad | News Watch | UK Desk
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By Z Ali | September 29, 2017

HYDERABAD: Two women are among four persons booked under the blasphemy law for their alleged conduct of mocking the religion and sentiments of Islam’s followers. The case was registered on the state’s complaint at the Khanote police station, Jamshoro district, on Wednesday.

Nayab Sarkash, Abbass Ali Khoso alias Sojhro Sindhi, his daughter Sindhia and son-in-law Nazeer Ahmed Khoso, besides eight to 10 unknown persons, have been nominated under Section 295-A of Pakistan Penal Code. The Jamshoro police arrested Khoso on Wednesday night and produced him before the judicial magistrate on Thursday who remanded the suspect to jail custody.

According to the FIR, Sarkash, acting as a nikkah khwan (marriage officiate), solemnised the marriage of Sindhia with Nazeer Khoso in Zaimi village near the Manzoorabad area of Khanote around 10 days ago. “Nayab Sarkash read the nikkah according to Shariat-e-Latifi [Shah Abdul Latif Bhitai’s canonical law].” the FIR reads.
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