Tuesday, 30 July 2013
Pakistan: Who wants to win a baby?
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We've created a symbol of peace and love, that's our show's theme -- to spread love. I'm setting an example. Giving a childless couple an abandoned child - TV host Aamir Liaquat Hussain
Ahmadiyya Times | News Watch | US Desk
Source/Credit: CNN | Asia
By Saima Mohsin and Katie Hunt | July 29, 2013
Karachi (CNN) -- Plumbing new depths in the battle for television ratings, abandoned babies are being given out as prizes on a controversial prime-time game show in Pakistan.
TV host Aamir Liaquat Hussain presented baby girls to two unsuspecting couples during his show, which is broadcast live for seven hours a day during the month of Ramadan.
"I was really shocked at first. I couldn't believe we were being given this baby girl," said Suriya Bilqees, now a mother of a two-week old. "I was extremely happy."
Another baby, a boy, is due to be given to another couple at some point in the coming days.
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