The legislation sets 18 as the legal age for marriage for both males and females, but effective implementation will require ...

The Unrepresented Nations and Peoples Organization (UNPO) condemns the ongoing practice of child marriage in Sindh, Pakistan, ...

In a landmark move to protect children, especially girls, from forced child marriages, a provincial assembly in Pakistan on ...

As monsoon rains were about to break over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money, a decision their parents made to help the family ...

Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously approved the raising of the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 earlier this month, amending a 19th-century law allowing the marriage of Christian children.

Pakistan’s national assembly has amended the British-era Christian Marriage Act, raising the minimum age of marriage for Christians to 18, which Christian leaders say will curb early marriages and ...

The government has raised the age limit for Christian boys from 16 to 18 and from 13 to 18 for girls A Pakistani Christian bride shows off her jewelry during a mass wedding. The government has raised ...

LAHORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Clerics in Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab will be punished if they allow underage marriages along with the parents of the youngsters under tougher ...