Tag: teenage marriages
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Child marriage: Rape charges added in Arzoo Raja case
Sindh police have added rape charges in the FIR [first information report] against the purported husband of teenage Christian girl Arzoo Raja who married the minor after forced proselytisation. Along with Syed Ali Azhar, six other people, including two lawyers and justice of peace, were also booked in the case. They have been charged under…
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Teenage Christian bride to stay with ‘kidnapper’, rules court
In spite of the parents’ plea seeking the return of their underage girl, the Sindh High Court handed the custody of a 13-year-old Christian girl child to a Muslim who allegedly coerced the teenager into marriage after her abduction and forced conversion. Newsday Pakistan, an outlet focused on minority rights, reported the court as saying…