Re: I wish a new tradition would arise, spend the least amount of money on weddings.
that's true for a lot of Arabs, and even Balochees.
I watched a documentary on Jahez on BBC, and they showed this about Balochistan. They interviewed men who said they couldn't get married because they were too poor to afford Jahez. And jahez to them isn't furniture and car, but cash.
I know in Saudi, the mehr is paid to the dad. The prettier the girl the more the mehr. A place called Hail in Saudi had an average mehr of 100K Riyals.
This tradition is so very positive(only when compared to the Jahez by the bride). Not every girl can leave the house and start working to collect her Jahez. But every male can. We know when it comes to certain practical values, Muslim world is way behind West. But is Pakistani society behind the Arabs too?