According to the teachings of Islam, the best education of a girl or girl is one of the best deeds a person can do, and it guarantees Jannat. Over the years, the incidence of child marriage has decreased, but it is lower among women than men. The trend towards child marriage is one of the main causes of illiteracy or low educational attainment of girls. [ref. needed] It can also harm girls` physical, mental and social health, leading to serious health problems in the future. Prenatal, newborn and maternal health problems are also associated with women married before the age of 18. [ref. needed] It is also evident that child marriage is prevalent among farmers and workers. [ref. Dependency on older persons and lack of independent career aspirations or job mobility further hamper efforts to limit child marriage. [6] However, there are spatial trends indicated by different trends in different villages. Exposure to urban areas has helped reduce child marriage; And finally, recognising the harmful effects of child marriage has a positive relationship with reducing child marriage, indicating a positive role of general understanding and awareness that spreads quite quickly. [6] Salman accuses the Pakistani government of failing to take effective action against child marriage.
She said that the police, child welfare offices and other relevant departments did not respond to reports of underage marriages and did not take concrete action. Article 4 of the CMRA provides for a penalty for marrying a child with a simple term of imprisonment, which may be up to six months and a fine of Rs 50,000. Sections 5 and 6 explain punishment for celebrating a child`s nikkah and admitting or promoting child marriage. Child marriage in Pakistan is prohibited by law under the Child Marriage Restriction Act, 1929 (No. XIX). According to the law, the minimum age for marriage is 18 years for a man and 16 years for a woman (article 2). [14] However, under a new bill passed by the Pakistani Senate, the minimum age of marriage for women was raised to 18. [15] The violation is punishable by a fine of 1,000 rupees and imprisonment for one month or both for “In the newly merged tribal districts and Malakund district, people take 500,000 rupees (€2,660, $3,180) to 2,000,000 rupees from men who want to marry their underage daughters. Most of these men are rich and already married,” Khan explained.
In view of the legal anomalies regarding the age of a person infected with Nikah, the Supreme Court in Islamabad proposed that the Ministry of Justice enact a law on the minimum age of marriage for girls while issuing a decision in a similar case. Upon request, Federal Justice Minister Raja Naeem Akber carries a little girl wearing a campaign sticker. Afridi told DW it will be difficult to run for office in a male-dominated society, but she wants to set an example for girls and women by showing confidence, courage and leadership. Although women are not allowed to attend campaign events in villages, local children often come to help. To prove that the marriage was invalid and illegal, Younus` parents brought a copy of his baptismal certificate and certificates from his school to the hearing to confirm his age. Her family cited Sindh`s Child Marriage Restrictions Act, which prohibits the marriage of children under the age of 18. Child marriage law and rules should be simplified and made foolproof. It must be mandatory that the bride and groom are over 18 years old and in possession of valid CNIC cards. Both men should be required to go to the nearest city council to register the marriage by undergoing biometric testing to confirm that the CNIC belong to the same people. (If a phone SIM card requires a biometric test, why not a wedding?) UNICEF data shows that in South Asia, nearly half of young women are married before their 18th birthday. Pakistan`s Restriction of Child Marriage Act 1929 (CMRA) sets the legal age of marriage at 16 for girls and 18 for boys.
With the exception of Sindh, where the legal age for girls was also raised to 18 in 2013, the CMRA still applies to all other provinces, particularly Punjab. In some special situations, it takes place under the so-called Dand or Bada in Sindh, Vani in Punjab and Swara in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and tribal areas. [ref. In this practice, an accused family gives its daughter or daughters in marriage to an aggrieved family to settle a bloody dispute between the two parties. [ref. needed] These marriages fall not only under the Child Marriage Restriction Act 1929, but also under Section 310-A of the Pakistan Penal Code of 1860 (PPC) and can be punished with up to seven years` notice but not less than three years and a fine of Rs 500,000. [7] The observation came as the FSC rejected a petition and categorically stated that setting a minimum age for girls to be married off by an Islamic state did not violate Islam.