Islamabad:
Friday, President Asif Ali Zardari signed the bill on the marriage of children in the country’s territory Islamabad, fixing the minimum age for marriage at 18 years old.
The new legislation criminalizes the celebration of marriages where the boy or the girl is a minor.
HRCP Slams CII
The Pakistan Human Rights Committee (HRCP) has strongly criticized the CII for raising objections to the restraint of children’s marriage in the territory of the recently adopted Islamabad capital, qualifying the decision to seriously embarrass the vital child protection legislation.
He expressed a deep concern in the face of the position of the CII, which questions the bill which establishes 18 years as the minimum legal age for marriage and criminalizes children’s marriage in the federal capital.
“The bill establishes a legal standard expected for a long time in Pakistan and aligns both for constitutional guarantees and international human rights commitments,” said HRCP.
