The fate of millions of Pakistani children is now in the hands of lawmakers. The Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, 2018, has been presented in the National Assembly. Three ministers have opposed it, citing religious grounds and called it a foreign agenda. Several Muslim majority countries including the United Arab Emirates, Turkey, Egypt and Bangladesh […]
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Fawad disappointed over opposition to anti-child marriage bill in NA
Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday expressed his disappointment at some “elected representatives and ministers’ opposition” to the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, 2018, in the National Assembly, terming it a “scary moment” for society. “What hopes can one really attribute to a society whose fifty elected representatives and even ministers […]
Defending child marriage
Its the year 2019, and Pakistan continues to grapple with the concept of child marriage. In fact, according to UNICEF Pakistan has the sixth highest number of absolute child brides in the world at 1,909,000. 21% of the girls in this country are married before the age of 18. Three percent are married before the […]
Climate change blights children’s lives in Bangladesh
Environmental disasters linked to climate change are threatening the lives and futures of over 19 million children in Bangladesh, including prompting many families to push their daughters into child marriages, UNICEF said Friday. “Climate change is deepening the environmental threat faced by families in Bangladesh’s poorest communities, leaving them unable to keep their children properly […]
Child marriage
Sir: Child marriage is still common in Pakistan. According to a report, 24 percent women are married before the age of 18. From 2000 to 2010, seven percent girls were married before the age of 15. But unfortunately, the percentage of child marriage remained higher in Sindh with 72 percent girls and 25 percent boys […]
Child marriage costs countries billions in lost earnings: World Bank
Respect Ruvimbo Topodzi was 15 and walking home from school in her native Zimbabwe when a 22-year-old man asked her out. She turned him down but it was too late. Her father saw them and assumed they were already together. He told her she had to marry the man and live with him. She dropped […]
Child Marriages: a menace to the society
Marriage is a sacred and precious bond that ties two people together. However it is not always a bed of roses, one also has to come in contact with the thorns as well. There are several issues that acquire maturity. In such situations, child marriages are completely incompetent and a failure .Child marriage imposes responsibilities […]
Child marriage means children giving births to children
It’s hard to believe that child marriages take place at least in 50 countries all over the world even today. Pakistan is one such country where child marriage is rampant. Although child marriage can be an issue that we have read about before, it takes the images of children, with a sense of sad acceptance […]
Police prevents marriage between a minor girl and 55-year-old man
LAHORE: Sukkur Police, on Saturday, prevented a marriage between a 12-year-old girl and a 55-year-old man, Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Mohammad Ajmad Shaikh said. He also said that the raid was conducted after the police was informed that a minor girl was being married to a 55-year-old man in Micro Colony area of the […]
Girl forced to marry 10-year-old boy to keep property in family
LAHORE: A 21-year-old girl in Punjab was forcefully married to her 10-year-old cousin for keeping the heredity property within the family. The girl, identified as Mehwish, was forced by her brothers to tie the knot with her underage cousin Allah Ditta reportedly. The incident happened in Bhngsika village in the outskirts of the town of Pindi Bhattian. The villagers […]