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March 4, 2017

Implementation of anti-dowry law a challenge for KP

ISLAMABAD: Implementation of an otherwise commendable proposed law, tabled in the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Assembly by a Jamaat-e-Islami lawmaker, forbidding dowry, will be a big challenge for the provincial government. Recommending a new piece of legislation and its approval by the parliament are admirable but its strict applicability always leaves much to be desired. Pakistan has a surfeit of laws but their implementation raises serious questions. Even in the instant case, The Dowry and Bridal...