| PESHAWAR: A jirga fined a class six student Rs 30,000 and made him wear a garland of shoes in Darmangi village, five kilometres from here, for writing a “love letter” to a local madrassa girl. “Gulab Noor, son of Afghan national Zalmay, allegedly wrote a letter to a girl student of Madrassa Rahmania. A jirga held on Sunday fined the boy Rs 30,000 and forced him to wear a garland of shoes around his neck,” a witness to the jirga proceedings, asking not to be named, told Daily Times on Wednesday. Darmangi Welfare and Development Organisation (DWDO) President Roshan Khan said that local elders took the decision keeping in mind local customs and traditions. Khan said the police were not informed about the issue and that the boy was punished because “we wanted to teach a lesson to others”. |