The Lahore High Court’s recent directive to strictly enforce anti-child marriage laws has raised hope among Pakistan’s Christians of some protection against their underage girls being forced to convert to Islam and wed their kidnappers, sources said. In a landmark interim order issued by Justice Anwar Ul Haq Pannun of the […]
The Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday (Aug. 29) ordered the government to respond to a petition to stop courts from allowing forced conversion and marriage of minority girls in verdicts that act as covers for child rape, sources said. Justice Syed Mansoor Ali Shah and Justice Ayesha Malik gave the […]
In a significant development, the Supreme Court of Pakistan on Tuesday directed the government to submit its response on the issue of forced conversion and forced marriage of underage minority girls, as criticism grows over the protection of religious minorities in the country. A two-judge bench comprising Justice Syed Mansoor Ali […]