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Pakistan criminalizes child marriages in Islamabad despite opposition from Council of Islamic Ideology

  • Under the new law, the minimum age for marriage is set at 18 for both men and women in the federal capital
  • Prison terms of up to seven years have been introduced for those who facilitate or coerce children into early marriages
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