First gay ‘marriage’ in Pakistan
Surely, this is one of the reasons for the Earthquake
A gay couple have become the first to get “married” in Pakistan, according to reports from the region. Witnesses said a 42-year-old Afghan refugee held a marriage ceremony with a local tribesman of 16 in the remote Khyber region bordering Afghanistan.
On hearing of the wedding, a tribal council told the pair to leave the area or be killed for breaking religious and tribal “values and ethics”.
A local Urdu-language newspaper said the elder man, named as Liaquat Ali, had taken a local boy called Markeen as “his male bride”.
The paper said the boy’s impoverished parents accepted 40,000 rupees (£380) for their son’s hand in marriage.
“The marriage was held amid usual pomp and show associated with a tribal wedding,” it said.
Malik Waris Khan, a prominent local politician and former federal minister, confirmed to AFP that the marriage had taken place.
“I checked the report with people in
Although it remains a taboo subject, homosexuality is relatively common in Pakistan, says the BBC’s correspondent Aamer Ahmed Khan in Islamabad.
Increasingly, gay couples are living together in some of the big cities such as Karachi and Islamabad, but gay marriages remain unheard of, he says.
Pakistani law punishes sodomy with imprisonment ranging from two years to life.
Some Islamic provisions prescribe 100 lashes for the act or even death by stoning.
A gay couple caught having sex were lashed publicly in the Khyber region in May.
Source: BBC
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July 1st, 2009 at 2:40 am
i like gays
July 1st, 2009 at 12:25 am
Is it really a psychological behaviour being a gay or lesbian?
What could be done to set it right? I am so worried about my
children now 18 and 10 (boys) as to how to make them aware of such
problems in the society. They live an urban lifestyle, but who will
tell them not to indulge in such acts? Shouldn’t government or media
take some steps and focus their attention on this issue, as already
many gay couples are living happily in cities according to reports.
June 16th, 2009 at 5:03 am
Shocked !! I m very much shocked .. if this is a truth then they both must be killed.
The people of Prophet Lut(a.s) were cursed and punished for this. Not just a sin but very much than that ..
June 4th, 2009 at 11:45 am
These people must be treated according to the islamic hudud rules.
June 3rd, 2009 at 10:35 pm
I read the comments above the whole scenario.. and it looks so strange to me read the people’s opinion.. I m not a Pakistani.. neither i am a muslim… neither I am a gay.. but still it looks so frustrating when people come out with a view of killing somebody who is just a gay… Common guys grow up.. this has got nothing to do with religion .. its the fault of nature.. and we as a human being cant simply do anything about it.. just like the straight ones gets attracted towards females.. the homos get attracted to the same sex..what has islam got to do with it…
After reading the views of the people.. it looks like that it is a crime to be a muslim.. and it sounds so funny that people are so very willing to come out with opinion of killing the man themselves.. do you all have anything called ”Law and Order” in your country… when i read the news in your country… i always get surprised how do the people live in such an introvert society.. if you are so eager to kill a person from your own community.. i wonder what will happen to a gay from any other minority community…
It just gives an impression… that its simply is a curse to be a Pakistani…. because you people are still living in olden centuries.. and all of your opinion shows the reason.. why the crime rate is so high in your country….
Thank goodness i am not born in such a country and society..
March 15th, 2009 at 3:24 am
to my view , no one is a gay by birth.and no one want to be gay .but from childhood this feeling develop inside person. i will say its not a fult of a person who is a gay . how one can get into girls if he dont have a mind for girls.its something inbuilt thing.wat i can understand by having scicritic treatement one can be limited but cant not changed himself totally.i have even observe many peoples who are now grandfathers but they are gays in pakistan . and they are gays from there childhood.and i know its a biggist sin in Islam.and its a personal matter for ever single. so should not be discussed.
December 16th, 2008 at 11:23 pm
fuck you
December 14th, 2008 at 12:51 am
ma ki koss ap logo ki ghasthi k bacho