The agony of being a father for two hours.

THE child custody laws in Pakistan are so biased in favour of women that in case of a marriage breakup, the woman gets the full custody of children, irrespective of who was responsible for the breakup.

The only right that the man has as a father is a two-hour meeting with his children each month.

This is such a painful experience where the man has to travel to his former wife's city, no matter how far it is, and is allowed to spend only, repeat only, two hours every month, repeat month, with his children.

The man and his family are deprived of his children, while the woman has all the rights over them.

She decides everything about children's future, while the man is nothing more than a credit card A- an ATM card, actually -that has to eke out a handsome amount of money every month as sustenance to the woman. This is like 'buying' those two hours with one's children.

This cruel law has enabled women to use it as a...

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