A Pakistani policeman (center, in uniform) escorts relatives of an underage girl and boy during a wedding ceremony in Karachi in October 2008. Police arrested the pair of fathers and a marriage registrar amid claims that a four-year-old girl and seven-year-old boy were being married. The arrested men said the wedding was meant to end a feud between the two families. (Rizwan Tabassum/AFP/Getty Images)

Pakistan’s Upper House Calls to Raise Minimum Age for Marriage

Kaswar Klasra

04/30/2019

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