Pakistan’s most populous province of Punjab increased the minimum marriage age for girls and strengthened punishments for those arranging underage marriages, officials said on March 8.
The eastern province enacted the laws ahead of International Women’s Day on March 8, according to provincial law minister Mujtaba Shujaur Rehman. The minimum age for girls has been increased from 16 to 18 years, making it the same as the lawful marriageable age for males. — DPA