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ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) while taking suo motu notice of the forced marriage of a six-year-old girl in Balochistan on Monday sought a report from the provincial government. An FSC bench comprising Chief Justice Dr Syed Mohammad Anwer ...

Federal Shariat Court Acting Chief Justice Syed Muhammad Anwar has remarked that the forced marriage of a child is against Shariah. These remarks were expressed by the acting chief justice of FSC on Tuesday during the hearing of a petition ...

ISLAMABAD: Dances, music and celebrations marked the conclusion of the International Rural Women’s Day on Saturday. Rural women from 123 districts were present at the 15th annual rural women conference at Lok Virsa, demanding to set minimum age for marriage ...

KARACHI: The National Commission on the Rights of Child (NCRH) and the Sindh Human Rights Commission (SHRC) have organised a consultation meeting on ‘Implementation of the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act-2013’ at a local hotel here. In her opening remarks, ...

Speakers at a consultation session on implementation of the Sindh Child Marriage Restraint Act 2013 held on Thursday stressed the need for effective implementation of the laws pertaining to children and women rights. They called for creating awareness among the ...