Islamabad (saqib khattar ) It is possible to prevent child marriage by using modern technology. In this regard, it is necessary to issue a computerized marriage certificate after the bride’s biometrics, while unregistered marriage is considered the most severe crime and punished. It is the last way that the complete elimination of child marriage from Pakistan is possible. To ensure the prevention of child marriages, training workshops were also held for Nikah Khawan and Nikah Registrar. The role of Nikah Khawan and Nikah Registrar is very important for prevention.
South Punjab Prevention of Child Marriage Act 2015 informed in detail about the penalties for violation of the law and emphasized that the marriage of girls under the age of 16 is a violation of the law as well as many economic consequences. social problems and this has adverse effects on their reproductive health. Marriage is a social and economic contract between sane and mature parties which requires girls to be at least 18 years of age. Our country’s laws also insist that a person under 18 years of age is a girl or child. When a child under 18 years of age, a girl cannot vote, she cannot drive a car under the law. Take responsibility.
Like KPK, Sindh province, in Punjab, the minimum age of a girl child should be set to 18 years, which is subject to an identity card. The participants on this occasion appreciated the efforts of PODA Pakistan and assured that they will take this message door to door in their area because early marriages cause problems for the family and the country. Current child marriage in Punjab. Along with ensuring the implementation of the Restraint Act 2015, they also want the marriage of girls to be subject to identity card so that the violation of fundamental rights of the girl child can be eliminated. They are crying with happiness.
The bridegroom’s mother is the center of attention in the circle of women, while Khanu (the bridegroom’s fictitious name) is the joy of the bridegroom’s sisters. She is applying henna to her brother’s hands and feet alternately with a certain pride. The bridegroom’s mother was standing among her friends, with a slightly nervous but triumphant smile, repeatedly looking at the men’s seat from there. Someone should come and give the good news that the marriage is about to take place so that they can immediately marry off their daughter-in-law and son and take them to their homes.First, the bridegroom asked for the identity cards of the bride and groom, on which the bridegroom said that he has not made his identity card yet. The Nikah Khawan anxiously read the B form again and again and said that this Nikah cannot be done as the boy is fourteen years old. It was surprising to the community that how a Nikah Khawan could refuse to perform Nikah on this basis. Ever since the people of Pakistan became literate, Biometric Nikah and NADRA registration have started. And at the same time, the divorce rate has increased.
Due to the climate of Pakistan, girls mature early, due to which their parents marry their girls early. Ever since the marriage age has been raised by the government, the rate of registration of marriages in our Wasib union councils has decreased. There has definitely been a decrease in such cases across the country. This series is still going on in the whole country. From the year 2020 to 2022, 99 cases of child marriage have been reported and these are the cases that were reported in different newspapers of Pakistan, that is, the cases that did not get the attention of the media. Coins are not included in this number.
Out of these 99 cases, 96 cases are of marriages of young girls, who were married to older men. While three cases have been reported of under-age boys’ marriages. Most of the cases of under-age marriages are being reported from Sindh, regardless of the fact that under-eighteen-year-old boys and girls are legally married in Sindh. Remember that the Sindh government had implemented the Child Marriage Restraint Act 2016.
According to which the marriage of children under eighteen years of age is a punishable offence. But according to HRCP, there are 11 cases of child marriage or early marriage in Umarkot Sindh, ten in Ghotki, nine in Mirpur, eight in Tharparkar, eight in Karachi, five in Badin, four in Khairpur, four in Kashmore and Larkana. Three, three cases have been reported. Similarly, such cases have been reported in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab.
