Child marriage: Minor girl ‘sold’ to suitor
October 21, 2013
By: Aushique Shaikh SOBHO DERO: A nine year old girl, W*, was married to 35-year old Zahid Zardari on Thursday, after the groom reportedly paid
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Sindh moves to ban dowry, child marriages
September 25, 2013
By: Azeem Samar Karachi: Three private bills calling for a ban on wasteful expenses on wedding functions, child marriages and the practice of dowry in
Nine jirga members jailed in swara case
September 19, 2013
MINGORA: A local court in Matta tehsil here on Wednesday sent nine people to jail for holding a jirga to give a minor girl in
By force: All knotted up, nowhere to go
September 15, 2013
By: Maha Mussadaq ISLAMABAD: “One day, when my smart phone caught nearby Wi-Fi signals, I knew this was my only chance to ask for help,”
‘Child Marriage Bill to be tabled soon’
September 13, 2013
KARACHI: Child Marriage Bill was about to complete and would soon be tabled in Sindh Assembly for legislation so as to stop child marriages. Women
Girl declared minor three years after ‘marriage’
September 13, 2013
HYDERABAD: A single bench of the Sindh High Court, Hyderabad circuit, on Thursday allowed a young girl to go with her widowed mother after a
Police avert underage marriage; four held
August 26, 2013
MANDI BAHAUDDIN: Underage groom and bride were arrested along with their parents in a police raid at a marriage ceremony here in Chak Shahbaz village
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