According to UNICEF, Pakistan has nearly 19 million child brides. That is the 6th highest number of girls married before the age of 18 in

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Shariat Court (FSC) on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the vires of the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, 2013, saying the Act

Although child marriage is prohibited by law, the practice is widely prevalent in Pakistan — sixth highest in the world. Girls, of course, are affected

ISLAMABAD: Child marriages in Punjab and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa have cost Pakistan a potential income loss of over Rs18.2 billion, says a study. Almost half a

LAHORE: As many as 100 cases of abduction, forced faith conversion, forced and child marriage of girls and women belonging to the Christian community have

UMERKOT: Women police stopped marriage of an underage girl with a youth in his late teens and arrested the groom, the nine-year-old bride’s stepmother and

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