GARDEZ (Pajhwok): Some tribes in the Dand-i-Patan and Chamkani districts of eastern Paktia province have fixed specific dowry and agreed to curtail other unnecessary weddings expenses.
According to these tribes representatives, dowry and other wedding expenses were going up recently thus they took the decision to fix the amount of dowry.
Haji Meer Gul, a tribal elder in the Dand-i-Patan district, said: “We few tribes had gathered in our district and decided what amount to be fixed 400,000 afs amount for dowry.”
He said the dowry amount should have been decreased further as there were . . .
