A U.N.-appointed body on Wednesday (April 22) urged Pakistan to intensify efforts to eradicate forced conversions/marriages, ...

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 ...

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 ...

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

A fortnight back, on May 16, Pakistan’s parliament passed a significant piece of legislation — the Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Bill, 2025. It will have vital implications for ...

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.

Mahnaz Ispahani, the Council on Foreign Relations senior fellow for South and West Asia and co-executive director of the Council-Asia Society Independent Task Force on New Priorities in South Asia, ...

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 ...