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ISLAMABAD – The practice of child marriage should be avoided at every level as it was putting the lives of mothers in perils, resulting in increased mortalities and socioeconomic pressure over the families.  Farkhanda Aurangzeb, Senior Consultant Human Rights Education ...

Madiha Nisar, vice-chairperson of WPC, says keeping girls in school is one of the best ways to prevent child marriages. — Reuters/File PESHAWAR: Religious leaders from across Khyber Pakhtunkhwa here on Monday expressed their resolve to promote the rights of ...

OKARA: Parents of a minor girl and boy were booked on Monday along with seven others who allegedly arranged their nikah at 53/2L village around a month ago. As per the first information report (FIR), Sadar police received information that ...

HARIPUR: A Christian couple here on Wednesday alleged the abduction, forced conversion and marriage of their ‘underage’ daughter. They also accused a local PTI leader and police of supporting the accused. The girl’s mother, Noreen Maseeh, of Mubin Banda area ...

For the last around a decade successive provincial governments and civil society members have been grappling with the question as to what should be the marriageable age for a female in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. So far, the provincial government has failed ...