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Title: Pakistani women plead to live together
Post by: LostInTime on May 25, 2007, 12:46:15 PM
Post by: LostInTime on May 25, 2007, 12:46:15 PM
Planet Out dot com (http://www.planetout.com/news/article.html?2007/05/25/3)
Tariq's family has repeatedly asked the judge to annul the marriage, saying it goes against Islam and Pakistan's laws against same-sex unions.
On Friday, Raj and Tariq faced Judge Kahawaja Mohammed Sharif, who set May 28 for the next hearing. Sharif earlier warned the couple they could face charges of committing an act of unnatural lust which carries a penalty of two years to life in prison and perjury, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years.
Tariq's family has repeatedly asked the judge to annul the marriage, saying it goes against Islam and Pakistan's laws against same-sex unions.
On Friday, Raj and Tariq faced Judge Kahawaja Mohammed Sharif, who set May 28 for the next hearing. Sharif earlier warned the couple they could face charges of committing an act of unnatural lust which carries a penalty of two years to life in prison and perjury, which carries a maximum penalty of seven years.