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Schoolgirls’ photos with marriage bureaus

KARACHI: Sindh Education Minister Hameeda Khoro ordered an inquiry on Wednesday into reports that some schools had sent photographs of female students to marriage bureaus. The minister ordered the education secretary and executive district officer for private schools to investigate after the parents of three girls wrote to her complaining that information about their daughters’ had ended up in marriage bureaus and demanding action against the schools. NNI has learnt that over a dozen private schools are involved in such practices. The scandal was exposed when a family arrived at the home of a female student for further information about the girl. The family got a photograph and address of the girl from a marriage office. The parents of one girl said that when they contacted the administrator of the school, Hamid Hussain, he responded with threats. nni

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