The government has raised the age limit for Christian boys from 16 to 18 and from 13 to 18 for girls A Pakistani Christian bride shows off her jewelry during a mass wedding. The government has raised ...
Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously approved the raising of the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 earlier this month, amending a 19th-century law allowing the marriage of Christian children.
LAHORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Clerics in Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab will be punished if they allow underage marriages along with the parents of the youngsters under tougher ...