When Women Are Property: Husband Sells Wife's Kidney to Buy Tractor and Girl "Lost" in Poker Game
February 27, 2007 by
Today, the Daily Times-Leading News Resource of Pakistan reports that in Multan a husband sold his wife's kidney without her permission and used the proceeds to purchase a farm tractor. Yesterday, Reuters reported that a teenage girl in southern Pakistan, whose late
father lost her in a poker game when she was 2 years old, has asked authorities to save her from being handed over to a middle-aged relative as payment.
While the stories are different, they are also the same. That is, they are stories about women who are the property of their husbands and fathers.
The wife of the farmer from Bahawalpur has registered a case against her husband for selling her kidney and using the money to buy a tractor. According to the Daily Times--
District Police Officer (DPO) Bahawlapur Arif Nawaz said that police had registered a case against farmer Shakeel Ahmed following the written complaint of his wife, Safia, "in the light of a medical report indicating that (her) husband had unlawfully sold one of her kidneys".
Safia told authorities that her husband Shakeel beat her when she was pregnant, causing her to suffer a miscarriage. During the subsequent surgical procedure that her husband took her to at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, under the pretext of seeking medical treatment for her condition, she has accused Bahawal Victoria Hospital doctors of removing one of her kidneys without her knowledge or consent at the request of her husband.
The Daily Times reports--
Safia said that she only came to know about her ordeal when she later contracted a urinary tract infection and sought medical treatment. She also pointed out that that her husband then confessed what had happened, admitting that he had sold her kidney and used the money from the transaction to buy a tractor.
Noshera Jadeed police said that they had registered a case against Ahmed, adding that investigations into the alleged crime were still continuing.
When Women Are Property: Husband Sells Wife's Kidney to Buy Tractor and Girl "Lost" in Poker Game
While the stories are different, they are also the same. That is, they are stories about women who are the property of their husbands and fathers.
The wife of the farmer from Bahawalpur has registered a case against her husband for selling her kidney and using the money to buy a tractor. According to the Daily Times--
District Police Officer (DPO) Bahawlapur Arif Nawaz said that police had registered a case against farmer Shakeel Ahmed following the written complaint of his wife, Safia, "in the light of a medical report indicating that (her) husband had unlawfully sold one of her kidneys".
Safia told authorities that her husband Shakeel beat her when she was pregnant, causing her to suffer a miscarriage. During the subsequent surgical procedure that her husband took her to at Bahawal Victoria Hospital, under the pretext of seeking medical treatment for her condition, she has accused Bahawal Victoria Hospital doctors of removing one of her kidneys without her knowledge or consent at the request of her husband.
The Daily Times reports--
Safia said that she only came to know about her ordeal when she later contracted a urinary tract infection and sought medical treatment. She also pointed out that that her husband then confessed what had happened, admitting that he had sold her kidney and used the money from the transaction to buy a tractor.
Noshera Jadeed police said that they had registered a case against Ahmed, adding that investigations into the alleged crime were still continuing.
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