Shamila (L) was married off in exchange for money, one of a growing number of underage marriages taking place in Pakistan's flood-stricken areas - Copyright AFP Asif ...

The dust had barely settled after the controversial ruling by Pakistan’s top constitutional court, upholding the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl to a 30-year-old Muslim man, when the Punjab ...

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.

A fortnight back, on May 16, Pakistan’s parliament passed a significant piece of legislation — the Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 2025. It will have vital implications for ...

Despite fierce opposition from Islamist groups in Pakistan, President Asif Ali Zardari on Friday (May 30) signed into law a landmark bill to curb child marriage, setting the minimum age for marriage ...

Church leaders and human rights experts weigh in on whether raising the legal age is sufficient in shielding minors. Nearly one in five (18.3%) Pakistani girls are married before age 18, according to ...

She immediately felt that something was off. Reeha Saleem had walked these streets a thousand times. Her school was not too far away from her home in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Usually, she felt ...

A husband and wife from the East Midlands region of England have been convicted of child marriage offences after arranging to take their two teenage sons to Pakistan for nikah. The UK’s Crown ...

A courtroom spared a Nottingham couple jail over teen marriage arrangements, but the real shock is what the boys were expected to accept without a fight.

Many Pakistani Bengalis have mistakenly been classified as foreigners. This hurts their prospects for education, healthcare ...

As monsoon rains were about to break over Pakistan, 14-year-old Shamila and her 13-year-old sister Amina were married off in exchange for money, a decision their parents made to help the family ...