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- Peshawar: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a constitutional petition was filed in the Peshawar High Court to increase the marriage age of girls to 18.
- According to the details, a constitutional petition was filed in the Peshawar High Court against the legal age of marriage for girls in Khyb.
- In which it has been requested to increase the marriage age of girls to 18 years in the province as well.
Peshawar: In Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, a constitutional petition was filed in the Peshawar High Court to increase the marriage age of girls to 18 instead of 16.
According to the details, a constitutional petition was filed in the Peshawar High Court against the legal age of marriage for girls in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa at 16 years.
In which it has been requested to increase the marriage age of girls to 18 years in the province as well.
The petition was filed by Lina Qamar and Mahim Nafees through the mediation of Imran Advocate, in which the federal government, provincial government and other relevant authorities including the law secretary have been made parties.
The position adopted in the application is that after the 18th amendment, the Federation (Islamabad) and all other provinces of the country have amended the laws and fixed the legal age of marriage for girls at 18 years, while in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa this age is still fixed at 16 years.
