Bakhtawar Bhutto-Zardari has said that the marriage certificate of missing Karachi girl Dua Zehra making rounds on social media is illegal as the girl is underage.
“This is not legal as she is underage (14) so obviously coerced and manipulated,” Bakhtawar tweeted.
She said, “there is zero consent at 14 and it is revolting to see so many people blame a child.
“The man should be charged with kidnapping & the maulvi should be arrested for signing off on child marriage,” she added.
The missing girl came forward on Tuesday and announced that she has tied the knot with a certain Zaheer Ahmed.
She recorded her statement before a Judicial Magistrate in Lahore and asserted that she was not kidnaped.
Soon after Dua said that she was not coerced into marriage, an intense debate around parenting, underage marriages, educating children on ‘taboo topics’, and counseling has gripped the netizens.