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FSC upholds Sindh law on minimum age for marriage

by Ishaq Tanoli in Dawn, Mar 7th, 2023KARACHI: The Federal Shariat Court on Monday dismissed a petition challenging the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act of 2013, saying that the law was not against the injunctions of Islam. It observed that the legislature’s move to fix a minimum age for marriage was in accordance with injunctions of Islam as laid down in the Holy Quran and Sunnah. The two-judge bench, comprising acting Chief Justice Dr Syed…