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 ...

Larkana police’s Women and Child Protection Cell (WCPC), along with other officials, conducted a raid and stopped a forced ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...