A UN-appointed body has urged Pakistan to intensify efforts to eradicate forced conversions/marriages, noting that young ...

Catholic leaders called the new law a 'defining move' to safeguard childhood but said enforcement and unresolved consent ...

The Punjab Province Assembly in Pakistan on Monday (April 27) passed a landmark bill aimed at curbing child marriage ...

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 ...

Church leaders and human rights experts weigh in on whether raising the legal age is sufficient in shielding minors. Nearly one in five (18.3%) Pakistani girls are married before age 18, according to ...

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.

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 ...