In our patriarchal culture, societal norms often facilitate men who remarry if there are no children – or a male child – from the first marriage.
But Sher Afzal Marwat, a senior Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) member, has different views as he related a personal event from his life in a podcast with Nadir Ali.
“In 2007, my wife asked me to remarry because it had been six years and we didn’t have a son yet,” Marwat said.
Marwat related that his father was alive at the time and in Pathan culture there is a lot of societal pressure to marry again for children.
His wife permitted him to remarry in a serious conversation.
Marwat recounted, “I took some time to think and told her that I cannot do this injustice to you just because I want children.”
Marwat emphasized, “It would be a big injustice to any woman, let alone your wife if you bring a second wife just for your happiness.”
“A woman has a life too, she leaves everything behind for a man when she gets married,” said Sher Afzal Marwat.
