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Cousin marriages are making Pakistani children ill and are killing them

Health March 27, 2017March 27, 2017 admin 0 Comments

Forget mental retardation, Pakistani children are facing a shortened lifespan all thanks to the prevalence of cousin marriages in the nation. Experts opine that the trend of cousin marriages between a clan and caste must be discouraged or else Pakistani children would continue to suffer from genetic diseases called Lysosomal Storage Disorder (LSD). Mental retardation […]

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Mental retardation increasing in Pakistan due to cousin marriages: Pakistani researchers

World September 14, 2016August 9, 2019 admin 0 Comments

A team of 12 Pakistani researchers has concluded that the reason for mental retardation in the Pakistani population is the prevalence of the cousin marriages. The researchers were from the Shaheed Zulfikar Ali Bhutto Medical University (SZABMU), Islamabad, and they collaborated with the scientists from the Netherlands and the USA for this pathbreaking report on […]