Verdict of a Pashtun Court (2007)

This film is based on tribal custom Wanni, where a girl is forcibly married as part of the punishment of crime committed by male members of her family. Same happens with the character of this play. Her brother committed a murder in the love of a boy. The murderer's family had to pay bloodshed to deceased's family. The local jury decided they will pay three hundred thousand cash and a virgin girl in ransom of murder to deceased person's family. A young girl was married to an elderly man in punishment of this crime. The old man had a soft corner for her in his heart but remaining family hated her because she was the sister of their brother's murderer. They tortured her in every possible way. But this torture brought her close to their father. The family started feeling that the father was in love with her and taking good care of her whereas he should have treated her badly. One day, he heard his daughter and daughter in law discussing about them. They were planning to torture her badly as they thought she was pretty and her beauty was attracting their father. This hurt him and he decided to take her back to her mother's house. Next day, he acted as he hated her too and hit her hardly on her head and told his family that he was taking her to doctor. Whilst he took her to her mother's house and embarrassed her mother and brother a lot on their decision and divorced her to save her life.