Pakistan Court Rules Differences in Legal Marriage Age for male and females ‘discriminatory’
Written by on April 25, 2024
A high court in Pakistan last week ordered a provincial government to remove gender-based age distinction in its child marriage law, a move aimed at deterring forced conversions and forced marriages of girls. Lahore High Court Justice Shahid Karim on April 15 declared as “discriminatory” Punjab Province’s Child Marriage Act of 1929, which fixed 18 […]
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