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'.
Introduce a bill proposing rigorous penalties for those marrying underage girls and those solemnising such marriages.
Act prohibits marriage of girls and boys under 16 and 18 years of age respectively.
In an bill presented in the National Assembly, PML-N female parliamentarians propose harsher punishment for the act