Tag: Child marriages
Police arrest man for marrying 10-year-old
Shikarpur Police on Thursday foiled a bid to marry a 10-year-old girl with a 40-year-old man in in Naparkot area of Sindh’s Shikarpur district.
The...
Senate passes bill to fix marriage age as 18 for girls
--Bill was sent to CII years ago where it remained untouched without any discussion
--Muslim countries that have declared 18 years as age of puberty...
Sindh has highest percentage of child marriages: WHO
World Health Organisation recently published a study stating that "more than 140 million underage girls are likely to get married between the years 2011-2020".
The...
Marriageable age should be 18 for girls too: seminar
-- PTI lawmaker assures support, submits resolution in Punjab Assembly
LAHORE: A large number of girls associated with Search for Justice, Pakistan Girl Guides Association and...
Court in Mithi gives two-year sentence each to four convicts over...
A two-year prison sentence was given to four people by a judicial magistrate in Mithi for forcing a 14-year-old Hindu girl to marry a 55-year-old...
Child marriage numbers are falling, says UN
NEW YORK: The number of child marriages has declined considerably across the world, according to UNICEF.
25 million child marriages have been prevented in the...
Priyanka Chopra sheds light on child marriage and rapes in India
Along with ruling Bollywood and making her presence felt in Hollywood, Priyanka Chopra is also a philanthropist and is seen actively campaigning for social...
Police thwart two child marriages, detain parents in Shikarpur
Police personnel on Wednesday foiled two child marriage attempts in Shikarpur’s Qamaruddin Village based on a tip-off received from people in the neighbourhood, security...
