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ISLAMABAD: An underage girl and her brother have gone into hiding after the girl accused her father and uncle of forcing her into a marriage. Police said the girl registered a case with the police against her father, her uncle ...

Where the National Assembly has failed, the Senate seems to be picking up the slack. The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to amend the Child Marriage Restraint Act and to raise the marriageable ...

ISLAMABAD: The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights on Wednesday unanimously passed a bill to amend the Child Marriage Restraint Act and raise the marriageable age to 18. The Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill 2018 was introduced by Senator Sherry ...

PESHAWAR: The civil society organisations and human right activists have urged the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa government to table and pass the pending legislation of Child Marriage Restraint Amendment Bill, 2018 and raise the minimum age of marriage to 18 without any ...

CHILD marriages are a regressive practice that deeply harms the girl child — typically made the victim of such a tradition. It is a fundamental human rights violation, and yet continues to be practised in many parts of the world. ...