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Despite Punjab and Sindh passing laws against child marriages, K-P still has no effective legislation to stop practice

Girl tells court she married of her own free will; refuses to meet parents

The human rights activist and documentary film-maker on her fight against compensation marriages

Parents, bride, groom can be sentenced to 3 years in prison, according to the bill.

Civil society protests anti-child, anti-women stance of CII.

Instead of solving issues, CII is creating divisions and more confusion in the minds of people, states the resolution.

I would never dream of bringing an un-Islamic law to Parliament: Marvi Memon.

Liberals in PML-N must realize that Nawaz Sharif wants to prove he is fully committed to 'enforce real Islam'.

Act prohibits marriage of girls and boys under 16 and 18 years of age respectively.

Introduce a bill proposing rigorous penalties for those marrying underage girls and those solemnising such marriages.

In an bill presented in the National Assembly, PML-N female parliamentarians propose harsher punishment for the act

Given polarisation between the traditional & modernist approach to religion, it is not possible to find common ground.

Civil society members criticise Women Empowerment Package.

CII's proposals go against the basic legal principle of marriage.

Joseph Kony & the CII have something in common; both of them do not believe in any exceptionalism for kids.

Seeking consent of the first wife is a procedural matter, which has not been prohibited in religion.

Demand govt to remove CII Chairman Maulana Muhammad Khan for what they call his ‘misogynist and inhuman mindset’.

The WAF reminds the people that the CII is a redundant body — legally and morally — and must be disbanded.

To say that CII's recommendation is bad news for children, particularly girls, understates matters.

Only adults at least 20 years of age should be allowed to wed.

CII says Islam does not prohibit an underage Nikkah, but its consumation can only happen when couple reaches puberty.

Early marriage and early pregnancy is harmful to the health of girls, who may not have reached maturity.

Recommends right for children to revoke underage marriage after reaching puberty.

Qaimpur SHO says watta satta was un-Islamic and illegal and ones involved would be prosecuted.

Girl recovered, handed over to her family.

It follows a Pakistan-born Muslim cleric being charged with conducting illegal marriage and arrest of the "husband"

Muslim cleric was charged in Australia with conducting illegal marriage between 26-year-old man and 12-year-old girl.

The bill will be presented in Sindh Assembly soon but the real challenge will be its enforcement.

Its time awareness about child rights is spread, not only to girls & boys, but also to adults who support practice.

Kamalia police say they are not aware of the incident and that they have not received a complaint.

16 civil society groups form Alliance against Child Marriages.

Expert wants girls’ rights to be woven into development programmes, policies.

Postcard campaign launched to pressure govt.

The police has been ordered to arrest jirga members and recover the girls immediately.

Her uncles reportedly requested Zardari to delay the Rukhsati due to Wadhai’s age but were ignored.