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...she was then  a student of seventh grade  when her father  died in an accident meerab was an only child of ger parents,  dada abba was still alive,   he planned  her ammi s marriage with tanvir his elder son,   but ammi didn't  give her consent  at all and  came to  live with her brother  izhar, izhar waher only family in this world 

Tahina beghum  frankly  spoken her brother  she wouldn't get her share in the  parental  property,  if she was there to stay  for security  for life