LAHORE, Pakistan — Pakistan’s parliament on Monday passed a significant bill aiming to curb, discourage and eventually eradicate child marriages in the federal capital by raising the legal age of ...

In the dusty village of Behal, District Layyah in South Punjab, Pakistan, a 14-year-old girl named Zunaira shared her story in an interview conducted in June 2025. She dreamed of becoming a science ...

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 ...

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 ...

Pakistan’s national assembly has amended the British-era Christian Marriage Act, raising the minimum age of marriage for Christians to 18, which Christian leaders say will curb early marriages and ...

Pakistan’s National Assembly unanimously approved the raising of the minimum legal age for marriage to 18 earlier this month, amending a 19th-century law allowing the marriage of Christian children.