Pakistan, April 8 -- Marriage is a significant milestone in life, deeply rooted in our religious and cultural traditions. In Pakistan, many young men face strong societal and familial expectations to ...

The wedding stage looks inconspicuous at first glance: marigold-laden, with bright, cheery yellow tones adorning where the bride and groom sit. It seems like a typical Pakistani mehndi — part of the ...

She immediately felt that something was off. Reeha Saleem had walked these streets a thousand times. Her school was not too far away from her home in the Punjab province of Pakistan. Usually, she felt ...

Church leaders and human rights experts weigh in on whether raising the legal age is sufficient in shielding minors. Nearly one in five (18.3%) Pakistani girls are married before age 18, according to ...

Shahida Bibi, a Pakistani Christian girl, was only 11 years old when her mother left her father for a Muslim man and handed over her daughter to her new husband’s brother. “He basically kept her as a ...

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) — There’s a scrum of people trying to get photos with the married couple at the Radiance banquet hall, and you can barely hear someone talk above the din of 400 guests tucking ...

Pakistan’s national assembly has amended the British-era Christian Marriage Act, raising the minimum age of marriage for Christians to 18, which Christian leaders say will curb early marriages and ...

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.