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ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) - Pakistan's ruling party on Tuesday introduced a bill to outlaw forced marriages, including under an ancient tribal custom in which women are married off in order to settle feuds.
The proposed law was introduced in the National Assembly, or lower house of Parliament, by Chaudhry Shujaat Hussain, a lawmaker and head of the Pakistan Muslim League-Q party.
Hussain's party, which has a majority in both houses, strongly supports President Gen. Pervez Musharraf, who has vowed to give women more rights in line with his policy to project Pakistan as a moderate, progressive Islamic nation.
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