Some Pakistani television channels seem to find this picture ‘cute’ and a great ‘human interest story.’ I happen to think it is disgusting! What do you think?
Please, please, please tell me you also find this more than just objectionable and restore by faith in Pakistani sanity!
The guy in the picture is 23-year old Azhar Haidri of Multan. On his right is Humaira Qasim (his 28-year old cousin that he has long been engaged to marry) and on his left is Rumana Aslam (his 21-year old other cousin who he says is his ‘true love’). He married both of them within 24-hours on October 19 and 20 in what was supposed to be his ‘dillema’ of who he should marry!
The whole thing has been a TV spectacle this last week. But what is really a spectacle to me is TV news anchors and hosts smiling and smirking as they “report” on this story – complete with “news footage” of the two weddings and interviews with the groom – as if this was one big joke!
As far as I am concerned, ruining two lives in this way is no joke. It is disgusting. And the smirks on these news anchors’ faces makes it even more disgusting.
And just when you thought it could not be any more disgusting than it is, there was the groom on my screen today being interviewed and saying that since he is the only brother of 9 sisters, he would appeal to people to please support him financially so that he can marry off his sisters now!
Yes, that is what he said. You know what else he said, he also said that since he comes from a place near the Prime Minister’s city he hopes that the Prime Minister will provide him with resources and support for his “honeymoon.”
And all of this is a “cute” “human interest story” to our news media!
I understand that every society has its share of freaks and publicity hungry psychopaths. But the real freaks here are the TV news anchors who are not only encouraging this psychopath but actually condoning and tactically supporting his behavior.
Seems like a scene out of Star Trek:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M%C3%A9nage_%C3%A0_Tr oi
@Asim: great minds think alike :))
Why it is disgusting. He is marrying legally and not breaking any law of religion or the country. He is also publishing his marriages as the preferred approach of Islam and the country.
I do not know when ppl have many girl friends or believe in free sex, it is called their freedom, but if someone has more than one legal marriages it is called disgusting.
I have lived in this city for many years and it is culturally acceptable for women to share the husband. The only thing new in this marriage is that he is marrying together, otherwise in every mohalla/colony you will find multiple marriages in Multan.
One of my friend’s Father in Multan had 2 marriages and they had no major family conflict and he himself never complained against his father.
ASIM you r the man!
Wow, so much difference of openions between people that are raised to follow same set of beliefs and culture and traditions. So here’s the scoop, I dont think it is disgusting at all, they are not doing anything against the priciples of Islam or the norms of humanity, they live in Pakistan and not somewhere in West, the girls have given their consent and there’s a back ground to these type of heppenings, you can’t compare such behavior when it comes to a guy from Pak to the stablished norms of today in West or anywhere else, the girls do not share same opportunities and life with their Western counterparts and they are just living in a different set of circumstances………It’s not religion or belief, rather circumstances that make them do so!
Frankly, the first think popped up in my mind was you know – Ménage à trois.