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23-01-2013, 08:10
Citaat door ljubak:
Provincial ministers, who had earlier lent their support for curtailing child marriages, backtracked on their views when the Child Marriage Restraint Amendment Bill 2013 was presented in the assembly last week.
The bill, which calls to curtail child marriages in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), was moved by MPA Munawar Sultana from the Awami National Party (ANP) on private members day on January 11. However, it was rejected by most lawmakers.
The bill aimed to increase the legal age of marriage for a girl from 16 to 18 and increase punishment in the Child Marriage Restraint Act.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Sultana said she strongly defended her bill but had no support to take it forward. “Early marriages steal the innocence of girls and force them to live a life of poverty and ignorance,” she said, adding “My own party has opposed the bill and it is difficult for me to discuss it further.”
The bill was opposed by ANP Parliamentary Leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain. “The approval of this bill will create a new debate and more issues in the province. There is no need to discuss this bill in the assembly,” he said. He added that in other Islamic countries there is no age limit for marriages. Nighat Orakzai backed Mian Iftikhar on the issue.
However, back in 2010, Mian Iftikhar himself had said the government will impose restrictions on child marriages and forbid persons under the age of 18 from tying the knot.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/495567/child-marriage-restraint-amendment-bill-2013-ministers-backtrack-on-support-to-curb-early-marriages/
.The bill, which calls to curtail child marriages in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) and Federally Administered Tribal Areas (Fata), was moved by MPA Munawar Sultana from the Awami National Party (ANP) on private members day on January 11. However, it was rejected by most lawmakers.
The bill aimed to increase the legal age of marriage for a girl from 16 to 18 and increase punishment in the Child Marriage Restraint Act.
Talking to The Express Tribune, Sultana said she strongly defended her bill but had no support to take it forward. “Early marriages steal the innocence of girls and force them to live a life of poverty and ignorance,” she said, adding “My own party has opposed the bill and it is difficult for me to discuss it further.”
The bill was opposed by ANP Parliamentary Leader Mian Iftikhar Hussain. “The approval of this bill will create a new debate and more issues in the province. There is no need to discuss this bill in the assembly,” he said. He added that in other Islamic countries there is no age limit for marriages. Nighat Orakzai backed Mian Iftikhar on the issue.
However, back in 2010, Mian Iftikhar himself had said the government will impose restrictions on child marriages and forbid persons under the age of 18 from tying the knot.
http://tribune.com.pk/story/495567/child-marriage-restraint-amendment-bill-2013-ministers-backtrack-on-support-to-curb-early-marriages/