child marriage

ICT Child Marriage Restraint Act, 2025 marks a pivotal step toward a safer, progressive Pakistan

An inclusive set of legal, policy and administrative measures is required to combat child marriages in Pakistan

CPWB sends Child Marriage Bill to home dept

Parents say were giving away 13-year-old in marriage due to poverty, SSP arranges Rs50,000 cash for the family

Participants propose making CNIC compulsory for marriage

Secretary stresses implementation of law across Punjab

Setting a minimum age for marriage is in accordance with the injunctions of Islam, rules full bench

Accused allegedly falsified the girl’s age on the marriage certificate

Experts call on govt 'to take immediate steps to prevent and thoroughly investigate these acts'

Court says 5-year-old's reported marriage 'un-Islamic'

Stakeholders decry weak implementation of Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act

Mother had raised the issue of the need for father’s consent for a minor girl’s marriage

Girl's mother alleged that her daughter had been kept in illegal custody

SHC allowed the girl to stay with her husband

The study highlights multi-level challenges associated with girls’ education

Official says marriage certificate fake, '14-year-old girl cannot consent to marriage'

Legal age for marriage in Iraq is 18 but can be lowered to 15 in cases of parental or judicial consent

Lack of awareness main issue, says provincial govt official

Teenage girl says she married Muslim boy of her own free will

Balochistan is on the top of maternal mortality rate due to weak health and performing touch chores

Child marriage

‘Conversations with Kanwal’ second episode of season three focuses on child marriages

Call for making CNIC a mandatory document for marriage

Child marriage is a longstanding concern in the country

Development comes after medical board submits report confirming her age to not be more than 15 years

Minister calls for legislation on increasing age of marriage for girls

Bride, groom and their families taken into custody

Girl's mother said the Nikkah was performed

It is estimated that by ending child and early marriages, Pakistan could potentially save $77 million by 2030

Child marriages have been endangering the mother’s life during pregnancy, childbirth

This debate goes to the heart of the social divide in Pakistan

UNICEF report ranks country sixth in world in underage marriages

Footage of 11-year-old girl marrying 22-year-old man goes viral

UN Women, Provincial Women Parliamentary Caucus ink accord to push pro-women laws

PPP chairman says every 20 minutes a girl dies in Pakistan as a result of underage pregnancy

Panel calls on govt to initiate awareness campaign to curb child marriages

Fawad Chaudhry regrets ministers’ vote for underage marriage; Ali Mohammad Khan wants CII opinion

Currently, legal age for marriage for women in the country is 16 years, while that for men is 18 years

When officials arrived at the scene, preparations for the bride’s ‘rukhsati’ were underway

The concerns were expressed after the case of a minor girl's forced marriage was brought to the fore

Childs Not Brides moot held earlier this year in Malaysia

Luddan police arrest 9-year-old bride’s stepfather, 15-year-old groom and his father

Two-year increase proposed in Child Marriage Restraint (Amend) Bill 2017

The girl married the 41-year-old man who already has two wives and six children aged between five and 18

National dialogue takes up report that says girls are treated as cattle, passed from one owner to another

Speakers call for holistic efforts to curb practice

Issues of child labour, child marriage discussed at event organised by Child Rights Movement - Sindh

Lawmakers, experts highlight health and economic costs of early marriages

UNICEF estimates 12 million girls a year are married globally, says more is needed to end the practice by 2030

Brothers organise wedding of their 21-year-old sister Mehwish with 10-year-old cousin Allah Ditta