View From Pakistan: Secret Marriages And Polygamy Is Legal In Pakistan, But Does That Make Them Moral?

By RUMAESA KHAN | INNLIVE

In a patriarchal society, arguments against secret marriages are quickly transformed into promotions of polygamy.

It happens far more often than anyone is willing to admit or acknowledge. A woman who is a widow, or whose family owes someone money, or who has caught the eye of a lecherous boss, or who is no longer very young, or who fails to fit the "fair and lovely" demands of the usual suitors, is approached by an older man for marriage.