All Stories: Child Marriage

ISLAMABAD: President Asif Ali Zardari has signed the Child Marriage Restraint Bill into law, criminalizing marriages of individuals under 18 years of age, ARY...

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has ordered strict action against Nikah Khwan (marriage officiant) for conducting the marriage of an underage girl, ARY News...

The police also arrested the attendees of the marriage ceremony

The minor girl's father and the boy's brother have been arrested over the child marriage

The police raided Saleem Shar village in Khairpur district after informed about a child marriage in the village where an underage girl was being married with 48-year old Abdul Karim Shar, SHO said.

The 'watta-satta' case was reported from Chak-398 neighbourhood of the Tandlianwala town of Punjab.

A CII spokesperson said the "legislation against child marriage and setting an age limit will lead to many complications"

The disease could be prevented if child marriages, smoking were avoided, besides promoting a healthy lifestyle

BANGKOK: An 11-year-old child bride returned to Thailand this week following widespread outcry over her marriage to a Malaysian man 30 years her senior,...

MULTAN: Police have arrested six people accused of arranging the marriage of a seven-year-old boy and six-year-old girl in eastern Pakistan, officials said Saturday.

SWAT: A teenager named Hadiqa Bashir has started her struggle against child marriage in Pakistan's Swat region, ARY News reports.

LAHORE: 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 penalties imposed by the second Pakistan province to act to curb child marriage.