Christians, rights advocates and civil society members at protests in Pakistan on Sunday (March 29) condemned a recent ...

Pakistan’s top Islamic body on Tuesday (May 27) rejected a bill that seeks to criminalize child marriages in Islamabad, describing it as “un-Islamic.” The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) also ...

A Pakistan court’s ruling upholding a minor’s marriage sparked outrage, with the Church and activists raising concerns over ...

Catholic bishops and other faith leaders and civil society advocates in Pakistan say the new Shariat ruling flies in the face ...

Islamabad: Human rights lawyers and defenders have sharply criticised the recent judgement of Pakistan’s Federal ...

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 ...

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.

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 ...

LAHORE (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - Clerics in Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab will be punished if they allow underage marriages along with the parents of the youngsters under tougher ...