HYDERABAD, Feb 11: A woman who had married of her own free will appealed to the government on Monday for protection from Pirs of Kadh, accusing them of putting his old father on drugs and making him sell them his daughter.

Ms Raheela Leghari, wife of Abdul Razzaq Leghari, warned at a news conference at the press club that she would die fighting against illegal jirgas and immoral people if the state institutions did not come to her help.

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