Federal Shariat Court upholds Sindh child marriage law on minimum age for marriage
According to report published by Daily Dawn on March 7, 2023, the Federal Shariat Court on 6 March 2023 dismissed a petition challenging the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act of 2013, saying that the law was not against the injunctions of Islam. It held that the legislature’s decision to fix a minimum age for marriage was in accordance with injunctions…
