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Kohistan cleric threatens to ‘marry off female NGO workers to local men’ as punishment |
A former member of the National Assembly has warned non-governmental organisations (NGOs)
not to send female staff to Pakistan ’s Kohistan district, and has threatened
to marry these women off to local men, if they do visit. “People of Kohistan cannot
be influenced by women, and NGOs should stop the practice of sending women to
Kohistan with immediate effect or get ready for the consequences,” he warned.
Maulana Abdul Haleem, also a prayer leader, issued the warning in his Friday sermon
at the central mosque in Kamila in Kohistan district, reports The News. He said
the ‘secular’ education of women was against Islam, adding that a woman, if educated,
would eventually seek a job, which is not allowed in Islam. Maulana Haleem, however
made it clear that he was not against NGOs and said the people of Kohistan would
provide shelter and protection to male NGO staffers working in the district. He
said if NGOs wanted to work for womenfolk in the district, they should come through
proper channel and utilise the government departments. He also warned the Education
Department to shut the girls’ schools in the district as “these schools had been
turned into cattle pens while the teachers were getting salaries without performing
their duty.”
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