From
1/15/16 Express-Tribune:
ISLAMABAD: Another move to ban
child marriages in Pakistan has fallen at the first hurdle. The bill to
prohibit underage marriages has been withdrawn after the Council of
Islamic Ideology (CII) declared it un-Islamic.
The ruling
party lawmaker, who moved the bill, withdrew her proposal on Thursday
following staunch resistance from the council, which advises the
legislature whether or not a certain law is Sharia-compliant.
The National Assembly’s Standing Committee on Religious Affairs and
Interfaith Harmony rejected the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment)
Bill 2014 after the CII dubbed it ‘anti-Islamic’ and ‘blasphemous’....
The CII has already ruled the minimum age stipulated for marriage in
the Child Marriages Restriction Act of 1929 does not comply with Islamic
laws.
In May 2014, amid severe criticism from various quarters,
the council had endorsed its earlier ruling that girls as young as nine
years old were eligible to be married “if the signs of puberty are
visible”.
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