‘He mentioned he was a captain however turned out to be a driver’, social media relationships typically develop into pretend – Pakistan

Peshawar Excessive Court docket Advocate Mehwish Mohib Kakakhel informed Aaj Information that among the many causes for the continual improve within the divorce price in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa are intolerance and home violence, in addition to marriages by means of social media relationships. .

In keeping with Mehwish Mohib Kakakhel, within the instances that come to him, there are additionally numerous girls whose marriages are primarily based on the temptation of the woman’s job and wage, or on seeing the woman’s emirate, and it’s understood that the boy settled from this relationship. It can occur, however later issues go incorrect and the ladies get fed up and resort to khula.

Mehwish Mohib Kakakhel additionally mentioned that these days within the social media relationships, one thing is proven however later one thing else comes out. Individuals present themselves wealthy on social media like ‘I’ve a case that first a boy and a woman grew to become pals by means of social media, they received married and later the courtroom got here to divorce the woman as a result of after the wedding she came upon that the boy is from Peshawar. He used to promote socks in Shafi market.

Mehwish mentioned that in the identical approach, ‘one other case got here to me that the boy had informed the woman that I’m a captain within the military and after marriage he turned out to be a driver of a web-based service’.

Among the many instances that got here to Advocate Mehwish Mohib Kakakhel, there have been many instances through which boys or males married poor women ostensibly to lure them however later used them for human trafficking, pressured labor or prostitution.

He mentioned {that a} case got here to me {that a} woman from Swat favored an Indian boy and she or he went to the police station towards her dad and mom saying that it was her proper to get married, however the father refused to ship his daughter to India as a result of In keeping with him, proof of human trafficking has additionally been present in such relationships up to now.

Nearly all of the instances within the Peshawar courts are of girls who remained silent for years whereas being tortured by their husbands and in-laws.

Advocate Mehwish Muhib Kaka Khel mentioned that instances of divorce of girls who have been 50 to 60 years previous additionally got here to me, however they waited till the kids have been settled, endured violence, however after the kids grew to become profitable, they divorced took’

However in keeping with Mehwish, the brand new technology barely survives for a 12 months and if they can not settle throughout that point, then they method the courtroom for eviction.

In keeping with authorized specialists, the rising causes for divorce in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa embody social media relationships, intolerance in relationships, home violence and demand for property.

In keeping with the Pakistan Demographic Survey, 31,931 girls and 13,278 males are divorced in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, nonetheless, it’s tough to speak in regards to the precise price of divorce as a result of in 70 p.c of the agricultural areas of the province, marriage and divorce should not registered, whereas then again, divorce Non-registration additionally creates difficulties for girls in acquiring non-maintenance duty for kids.

In keeping with the survey, 25 p.c of the ex-spouses within the province had initially given divorce, however because the divorce was not registered, they later refused to divorce to keep away from paying upkeep.