60-year-old groom remanded in underage marriage case
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SUKKUR: A 60-year-old man was remanded in police custody for two days by a civil court in Thull town of Jacobabad district for solemnising marriage
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61-year-old landlord arrested for marrying minor girl in Jacobabad
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SUKKUR: In yet another case of child marriage, an 11-year-old girl was married to a 61-year-old local landlord in Naseer Khan Samejo village, Thul taluka,
‘I stopped my 12-year-old cousin’s marriage to a man thrice her age’
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Rutgers-WPF hosts event to celebrate inspirational journey of adolescent girls stepping up to end misguided practice of early marriages in country’s rural centres Karachi: Addressing
Afghan refugee girls: Child marriages stifling education plans, says UN report
May 30, 2016
By SARDAR SIKANDER ISLAMABAD Child marriages and teenage pregnancies serve as major barriers for Afghan refugee girls – often preventing them from continuing their education
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SUKKUR: Residents of Mian Mahar village situated near Pannu Aqil on Sunday held a demonstration outside the Sukkur Press Club against forcible marriage of a
Men’s role in protecting girls from early marriages highlighted at seminar
April 26, 2016
SUKKUR: Child rights campaigners urged men of different communities to play an active role in creating awareness among other villagers to protect girls from early
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March 26, 2016
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