The Government Officially Bans Dowry in Pakistan
In a noteworthy new turn of events, the Minister of Religious Affairs has chosen to boycott the custom of the 'lucky man requesting share' and its presentation. The subtleties of the share and blessings given to the lady will be gone into the nikkah-nama alongside their costs.
Very rarely, individuals walk against settlement related brutality and dowry . The trademark "jahaiz ek laanat hai" gets recited by each person. Yet, nothing really occurs against it and individuals will in general go quiet but finally we see a step being taken now. The training resumes like each other social standard. In view of an actually directed little scope review, individuals appear to have acknowledged that the training will remain. They appear to have acknowledged that the custom is profoundly implanted in our way of life and that regardless of whether the law attempts to prohibit it, it will have no impact.
The West Pakistan Dowry (Prohibition of Display) Act 1967 was the primary enactment to handle the issue of settlement. It was an emotionless endeavor. The Act put a limitation on showing or displaying settlement and affirmed that all the endowments received by a woman were exclusively her property. Be as it may, it did not address the main problem with respect to the irksome idea of endowment: show was not the issue but rather the very demonstration of giving settlement upon the man of the hour's interest was. For a break of limitations, the Act specified that the wrongdoer be punished with a fine of PKR 1000 fine or potentially detainment.
In this manner, the Dowry and Bridal Gifts (Restriction) Act 1976 was established to reexamine the results of settlement.
A bill against the settlement and its presentation has been introduced. As per the bill, the greatest sum that will be given by the lady's side as a blessing would be close to the equal cost of 4 tola gold (barring the costs of the wedding function).
It has likewise been referenced that the visitors going to the wedding functions will be restricted from bringing endowments surpassing a value scope of Rs.1,000. In the event of separation, the sum total of what that has been given by the lady of the hour's side, or the cash comparable to the settlement will be returned. The clergyman has finished the advisement from all territories. The commonplace administrations of KP, Gilgit Baltistan, Azad Kashmir, and Balochistan have consented to the bill totally, then, the legislatures of Punjab and Sindh have given their recommendations on it. At first, the bill will be actualized in the capital of the nation, for example Islamabad.
Dowry was and continues to be a dreadful and unscrupulous practice. These days endowment has become a part of wedding services. On the off chance that we state this is the 'basic thing' among the unaware or uninformed individuals, we will not be right in light of the fact that informed individuals are additionally engaged with this insidiousness. The custom of settlement is the course of numerous disasters. There is no strict worry with this training, yet greater part of individuals joyfully embrace it. The exclusive class somewhat is answerable for this convention since, they offer extravagances to their girl that a helpless man can't bear. Then again, socio--ecnonomic classes such as C, D and E have insufficient means to offer share to their little girls. Thus, huge numbers of them take colossal obligations due to endowment. They spend the remainder of their lives paying off their obligations.
Numerous individuals thought about endowment as a strict commitment because of absence of information. There is no understanding of requesting anything in Islam without installment. In spite of the fact that as a general rule it is an endowment of cash or property made by the spouse to the wife which turns into her total property, in our general public the share framework isn't just commanded for young ladies yet additionally for young men. Today we fix settlement rates for young men of various classifications specialists, engineers, speakers, money managers, and so forth. Value of the young lady is of no worth. Pakistan has a mass of social issues to handle today yet the greatest that the nation is confronting is settlement. This is one reason the introduction of a little girl in Pakistan is viewed as a weight.
This is a truly necessary step that has been taken since the idea of endowment is consistently a critical weight on the women of the society. Other than this, numerous ladies have been exposed to savagery because of it too. This essential step has highlighted a significant social issue that has been catered and taken care of we will see many families and women in peace because of this, as showing off in Islam is also forbidden and so it is unethical as well.
We salute the government for taking such a crucial step and taking care of this issue in this time of need when the pandemic has already made situation difficult for the less privileged and daughters of this country. The lifting of compulsory dowry will be a relief for so many who want to marry away their daughter they will take a sigh of relief after this bill is passed.