Sir: Child marriage is a violation of girls’ rights which is a serious gender-based violence. Without any doubt, in child marriages, huge money is always involved in different ways. After child marriage or minor girl marriage, girl find very difficult to handle domestic issues created by our culture and these girls are always unable to settle. Most of such marriages ended up at divorce or death of that minor girl. It is true that child marriage is very common in many parts of our country which is eliminating the precious lives of countless children. So, it is responsibility of the state to protect the children from such evils. ISRAR NAJEEB Kech