When acquiring education is a struggle 18-year-old mother student of matric class

Karachi

An 18-year-old mother and pursuing her dream of an education, Maryam Jahan is a student of matric and struggling to keep up with her studies ever since she got married two years ago.

“My husband does not stop me from going to school, but I’m not encouraged either. My mother-in-law particularly dislikes my pursuit of formal studies,” she says.

In a Balochi-drenched Urdu accent, Jahan says that she had to marry at the insistence of her parents.

“Being a housewife, I

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