Breaking traditions: Supreme Court wants checks on Vani customs

Asks law enforc­ers to ensure that girls are not exchan­ged to settle disput­es.  Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry. PHOTO: FILE
ISLAMABAD: 
The Supreme Court on Thursday ordered all provincial law enforcing agencies to remain vigilant and ensure through swift and strict action that girls and women are not exchanged to settle local disputes through the jirga system.
A three-judge Supreme Court bench headed by Chief Justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry also asked the

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