CHITRAL, 03 July 08: Mass wedding ceremony of 14 couples was held in Madaklasht valley.
The mass wedding ceremony was organized by Aga Khan Council in collaboration with Aga Khan Social Welfare Board. The organisers had fixed rupees 40 to 50 thousand as alimony and jointure per bride. The mass wedding was arranged to save the couples families from over and unnecessary spendings. A cultural and musical show was also arranged on the occasion.
The brides were presented gifts by the Aga Khan Social Welfare Board. A large number of men and women folk of the area participated in the ceremony. The mass wedding ceremony celebrated in a simple way is a very good example of the much needed practice of simplicity and austerity missing from our society. –(GH Farooqi)
Ismailimail 
Well, it’s high time we realize that simplicity and frugality has long been overlooked during our jamati weddings.
Imam Sultan Mohd Shah’s strict farmans concerning extravagant weddings are still valid because Shah Karim has not revoked them. Most such extravagant weddings result in divorce. Going against Imam’s farmans cannot bring happiness to a marriage.
There’s so much ignorance and arrogance in our affluent jamats, that money is foolishly wasted on weddings. Every wedding ceremony is laced with something new or innovative which has no substance or Islamic meaning. I don’t know where we are heading while our Imam is constantly mentioning poverty in the jamat.
I do not know who we are trying to impress when we introduce new items that never were part of our wedding ceremony. Why don’t we first watch our Imam’s wedding ceremony with Begum Salima and follow his example? His wedding was a few hour’s event. Ours go on for days. And these days we are heading to Mexico to tie the knot.
If a couple truly wants their marriage to work and result in a life-long bliss, they should follow Imam Sultan Shah’s farman to the letter.
Shameer
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very well dear farooqi i m proud of u
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I totally agree with shameer,who wants to obey our Beloved Hazir Imam’s Farmans. Big weddings are just the show off and I suppose during this day and age one is more acceptable in the community if one has money – big weddings are sheer competition with each other. It is a shame when people spend money – people are self centred and only thinks about their comfort and not when there is so much poverty around us.
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is there any pic available of this mass wedding we are interesting to see that simplisty
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