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Pakistan Council of Islamic Ideology declares bill to criminalize child marriages ‘un-Islamic’

  • Under new law, minimum age for marriage is 18 for both men and women in the federal capital 
  • Prison terms of up to seven years introduced for people who facilitate or coerce children into early marriages
By SAIMA SHABBIR ·

Pakistan court strikes down clause setting gender-based age criteria for marriage

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