ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Rabia Kanwal’s parents were sure her marriage to a wealthy Chinese Muslim she had simply met would provide her a future that is comfortable definately not the hardships of the life in Pakistan. But she possessed a premonition.

“I happened to be perhaps maybe not excited,” said Ms. Kanwal, 22, whom lives in a neighborhood that is poor the town of Gujranwala, within the eastern province of Punjab. “I felt something bad would definitely take place.”

Arranged marriages are normal in Pakistan, but this one was unusual. The groom, whom stated he had been a poultry that is rich, came across Ms. ادامه مطلب