Early Child Marriage Bill To Be Tabled In NA Soon; Says Dr. Mazari

[Dubious]

Fakhir Rizvi 3 minutes ago Fri 14th December 2018 | 12:39 AM

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2018 ) :The Ministry of Human Rights would soon table Early Child Marriage Bill in the Parliament to prohibit child marriage before attaining the age of 18 years, said Minister of Human Rights Dr Shireen M Mazari here on Thursday.

Talking to APP, she said the Bill is suggesting amendments in Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 as 18 percent marriages in Pakistan are normally conducted before the age of 16 in violation of Child Marriage Restraint Act.

She said there is no regulatory framework to deal with overall marriages specially in Hindu Marriage Bill and Sikh Marriage Acts. In both, the marriages of male and female above 18 years will be registered in their respective areas under the Act.

She further said that the previous government fails to push coalition partners for the enactment of the Hindu Marriage Bill 2011 which prohibits marriage of non-Muslim girls and boys below 18 years of age.

She said that 21 percent girls are married by the age of 18 and 3 percent before 15 and child marriage tends to occur in backward ares. The girls married under 18 years of age are more prone to domestic violence as comparing to woman who marry above 18 years. Additionally, child marriage sinks families deeper into poverty due to surge in population, she added.

https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/early-child-marriage-bill-to-be-tabled-in-na-505872.html

 

[Safriz]

No. Just don't.
Puberty is the criteria of marriage, not age.
Islam allows marriage after puberty whichever age it comes.
Because hormones change and urges come.
If a girs physically adult at 11 , she should be allowed marriage if there's a need.
Legally forcing her to wait another 7-8 years is not fair and we will end up like western countries where 13 year olds get pregnant and it's common to see 15 year old mother, but they cannot marry and csnnca get their urges satisfied the appropriate way.

 

[Menace2Society]

No. Just don't.
Puberty is the criteria of marriage, not age.
Islam allows marriage after puberty whichever age it comes.
Because hormones change and urges come.
If a girs physically adult at 11 , she should be allowed marriage if there's a need.
Legally forcing her to wait another 7-8 years is not fair and we will end up like western countries where 13 year olds get pregnant and it's common to see 15 year old mother, but they cannot marry and csnnca get their urges satisfied the appropriate way.

Everyone deserves a childhood.

 

[Yankee-stani]

Everyone deserves a childhood.

oh boy PDF fight here we come

 

[Khan_21]

No. Just don't.
Puberty is the criteria of marriage, not age.
Islam allows marriage after puberty whichever age it comes.
Because hormones change and urges come.
If a girs physically adult at 11 , she should be allowed marriage if there's a need.
Legally forcing her to wait another 7-8 years is not fair and we will end up like western countries where 13 year olds get pregnant and it's common to see 15 year old mother, but they cannot marry and csnnca get their urges satisfied the appropriate way.

No girl wants to get married at 11 don't be ridiculous and no girl wants to have sex at that age. Get your mind out of the gutter.

 

[lastofthepatriots]

Looks like Amir Liaqat lucked out.

 

[Zee-shaun]

Great move. Protect the youth, invest in a better tomorrow.

 

[Azadkashmir]

well i am going to convince if i have child to get married earliest possible. western lifestyle and food has ruined some of my family members, women having difficulty having babies.

 

[Jf Thunder]

this is an excellent bill
maybe then parents will focus in education for their children instead of getting them married

 

[gangsta_rap]

protect the youth!

 

[Zee-shaun]

Once the bill is passed we need to have some kind of working mechanism to inform the masses, specially in rural areas where child marriages occur the most. Penalties should apply for the parents as well as over aged tharki men if the law is broken.

 

[Clutch]

No. Just don't.
Puberty is the criteria of marriage, not age.
Islam allows marriage after puberty whichever age it comes.
Because hormones change and urges come.
If a girs physically adult at 11 , she should be allowed marriage if there's a need.
Legally forcing her to wait another 7-8 years is not fair and we will end up like western countries where 13 year olds get pregnant and it's common to see 15 year old mother, but they cannot marry and csnnca get their urges satisfied the appropriate way.

That is sick and morally repugnant. Pedophilia should be capital crime.

 

[T-123456]

Fakhir Rizvi 3 minutes ago Fri 14th December 2018 | 12:39 AM

ISLAMABAD, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 13th Dec, 2018 ) :The Ministry of Human Rights would soon table Early Child Marriage Bill in the Parliament to prohibit child marriage before attaining the age of 18 years, said Minister of Human Rights Dr Shireen M Mazari here on Thursday.

Talking to APP, she said the Bill is suggesting amendments in Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 as 18 percent marriages in Pakistan are normally conducted before the age of 16 in violation of Child Marriage Restraint Act.

She said there is no regulatory framework to deal with overall marriages specially in Hindu Marriage Bill and Sikh Marriage Acts. In both, the marriages of male and female above 18 years will be registered in their respective areas under the Act.

She further said that the previous government fails to push coalition partners for the enactment of the Hindu Marriage Bill 2011 which prohibits marriage of non-Muslim girls and boys below 18 years of age.

She said that 21 percent girls are married by the age of 18 and 3 percent before 15 and child marriage tends to occur in backward ares. The girls married under 18 years of age are more prone to domestic violence as comparing to woman who marry above 18 years. Additionally, child marriage sinks families deeper into poverty due to surge in population, she added.

https://www.urdupoint.com/en/pakistan/early-child-marriage-bill-to-be-tabled-in-na-505872.html

I like this government.

 

[Sine Nomine]

Everyone deserves a childhood.

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Teenage_pregnancy

 

[Safriz]

That is sick and morally repugnant. Pedophilia should be capital crime.

Pesopholia is sex with children.
After puberty the person is physically and medically adult. They should be able to marry. Simple.

Then it's their choice to maintain their childhood to whatever age and not marry and not have sex .