Analysis Of The Pakistani Style Of Marriage

This section has been devoted to the definitions, explanations, and interpretations about the Pakistani style of marriages. In order to gain a thorough understanding of what the marriage means for Pakistani culture, how they have internalised the customs and traditions through cultural inheritance, and what trends are prevailing in society with more concrete evidence. Here, it is necessary that the difference between arranged and forced marriages should be highlighted. This is because forced marriages are different from arranged marriages in which both parties freely consent to enter into marriage contract and they have no objection on the choice of partner selected by their parents (Riaz, 2013). Anthony (2011) defines the 'forced marriage' as a marriage that is performed under duress and without the full and informed consent of both
Within the context of Pakistani society and constraints on women’s choices, even though the law explicitly specifes that no valid marriage may be contracted without consent of both spouses, it differs in practice: the woman’s consent is either not taken or is a mere formality given social constraints, particularly in cases where it would be unthinkable or unacceptable for her to refuse the matrimonial match (Hassan, 1995). This quotation refers to how the marriage issue has gained societal recognition and been applied to the prospective couples in 1995, whereas the current situation is describing almost similar picture of the marriage status and matching issues today. As well as the legal perspective of the forced marriage, there is another point where parents ideally take the last decision and determine how well these two young people are fitting each other. By taking into consideration the quotation, the rejection of this last decision can be neither postponed nor rejected by the young girl. A survey of women in shelters reveals that nearly all unmarried women in shelters seek protection to