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Aasia Bibi and her boyfriend, Shahid Lashari, are presented to journalists at a police station in Muzaffargarh, Pakistan, on Monday.

World News

Pakistani Bride Charged With Poisoning Husband's Milk, Inadvertently Killing 17

6:01pm November 02, 2017

by Amy Held

The woman reportedly admitted to slipping poison into her husband's drink, which was later consumed by his relatives, resulting in numerous deaths, according to Pakistani police.

The point of the game is avoid the matchmaker (the figurine with hands clasped at the front of the photograph).

Health & Safety

To Win This Board Game, Keep Away From The Matchmaker

7:00am October 09, 2017

It was created by a 24-year-old Pakistani woman who wants to avoid an arranged marriage at all costs. But she definitely has a sense of humor about it all.

VIDEO: 'Call Me Maybe' Parody Pokes Fun At India's Marriage Ads

3:00pm June 26, 2016

by Chhavi Sachdev

A trio of female college students didn't like the way "matrimonial adverts" depict women. So they wrote a song about it.

Ravi Patel and his sister, Geeta, worked together on the documentary Meet the Patels, in which Ravi struggles to find a partner both he and his parents love.

'Meet The Patels': One Man's Quest To Find Love, The Old-School Indian Way

6:43pm September 11, 2015

by Karen Grigsby Bates

Ravi Patel had tried and failed to find "The One." So he reluctantly let his parents arrange for him to meet dozens of prospects. And his sister has filmed the whole thing — for our viewing pleasure.

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