Tag: underage marriage

Underage marriage bid foiled in Naundero

NAUNDERO: Underage marriage attempt was foiled by Naundero police on Thursday after the girl named Sania informed 15 police emergency centre in Larkana that...

Police foil attempt of underage marriage in Vehari

Local police in Luddan town of Vehari district interfered in an attempt to marry off a 9-year-old to a 15-year-old boy on Saturday night. Bashir...

Father, husband awarded jail term for forcibly marrying minor

MITHI: The father and husband of a 14-year-old bride were fined Rs5 thousand each and awarded a two-year imprisonment term for forcing the minor to marry...

SHC orders case, investigation into alleged underage marriage case: report

HYDERABAD: Sindh High Court's (SHC) Hyderabad circuit bench comprising Justice Sham­sud­din Abbasi and Justice Naimatullah Phulphoto ordered registration of a case and investigation against SHO of the Umerkot...

Underage bride claims she was abducted with help of female SHO:...

UMERKOT: Civil Judge Amir Rajput recorded Amisha Khaskheli's statement on Thursday, who is allegedly under 18 and was forcibly married by her parents and female...

Morocco struggles to curb rise in number of girls married underage

RABAT: Moroccan schoolgirl Meriem was just 16 when her family pressured her to marry a man she had never met 20 years her senior....

Indian woman uses Facebook to annul her underage marriage

NEW DELHI: A young Indian woman has proved in court she was illegally married off as a minor after submitting evidence from her husband's...