17 couples tie the knot in mass wedding ceremony

A total of 17 Muslim couples tied the knot in Seventh mass wedding ceremony held under the auspices of The Askari Friends Society on Sunday. The emerging tendency of holding mass wedding ceremonies is a healthy omen and proved a great solace to the destitute, who can not afford timely marriage of their daughter due to poverty and heavy demands of dowry.
Mass wedding ceremonies had become a blessing and to share the burden of the poor segment of the society in this materialistic era. The basic concept of holding this mass wedding ceremony was to extend support to the poor segment of the society to ensure timely marriages of their daughter in a respectable way and an attempt to save their skin from heavy demands of dowry. The holding of mass wedding ceremony in the era of materialism is not less than a miracle for the poor segment of the society.
It was shocking that most of the financially suppressed people are unable to marry their daughters well in time because of heavy demands of dowry as a result of which thousands marriageable girls are confronting with this social problem. Under the prevailing situation the idea of mass wedding had become a major source for fulfilling the religious, social and moral responsibilities and to provide an opportunity to wealthy people and philanthropists to share the burden of poor segment of the society for ensuring timely marriages of their daughters
The member Akhtar Majeed Kapur told Business Recorder that each bride received a dowry 30 items including furniture, utensils and gifts amounting to Rs 1.50 lakh adding that Askari Friends, philanthropists and well-off generously donated in this noble cause that ensure the mass wedding ceremony.
While expressing their views Haji Aslam Pervaz ,Mian Altaf Rubani. Ashraf Kamal Bhutta and Nasir Baryar said it was our religious duty to look after the needs and requirements of the poor and needy section of the society and by virtue of collective efforts of the Askari Friends Society five daughters of destitute got married in the presence of a large crowd.