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Zaheer Ahmed (husband) Plaintiff. Mehdi Ali Kazmi (father) Keywords. Child marriage. Dua Zehra Kazmi is a girl from Karachi, Pakistan who went missing from her home on 16 April 2022 [ 1] and days after was found, married to a boy in Okara, Punjab. [ 2] The case made headlines across the country and continued to dominate the news cycle for months.
— Malala Yousafzai, 24 January 2009 BBC blog entry In February 2009, girls' schools were still closed. In solidarity, private schools for boys had decided not to open until 9 February, and notices appeared saying so. On 7 February, Yousafzai and her brother returned to their hometown of Mingora, where the streets were deserted, and there was an "eerie silence". She wrote in her blog: "We ...
Saloni. Saman (name) Sania. Sarah (given name) Shabana. Shagufta. Shahla (given name) Soraya.
In 2010, a Pakistani Christian woman, Aasiya Noreen ( Urdu: آسیہ نورین, romanized : Āsiyāh Naurīn, [ˈɑːsiɑː nɔːˈriːn]; born c. 1971[ 1] ), commonly known as Asia Bibi ( آسیہ بی بی) or Aasia Bibi, was convicted of blasphemy by a Pakistani court and was sentenced to death by hanging. [ 2] In October 2018, the Supreme ...
Prevalence. According to one estimate from the end of the 20th century, about 3.1 million girls are missing in Pakistan. [26] [27] The extent to which this is attributable to infanticide is contested; see Missing women of Asia . In 1998, 391 infant girls were found dead, about 68 in 1999, 59 in 2000, 51 in 2001, and 39 in 2002. [28]
Demographics of Pakistan. Pakistan had a population of 241,492,197 according to the final results of the 2023 Census. [ 3][ 4][ 5] This figure includes Pakistan's four provinces e.g. Punjab, Sindh, KPK, Balochistan and Islamabad Capital Territory. AJK and Gilgit-Baltistan's census data is yet to be approved by CCI Council of Pakistan.
Maryam was born on 28 October 1973 [5] [6] [7] in Lahore, Pakistan, [1] [8] [9] to Nawaz Sharif and Kulsoom Butt. [10] She is a Punjabi Kashmiri. [11] She is the eldest among four siblings, and she also has a sister named Asma.
The Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929. Child marriage in Pakistan is legally prohibited to an extent under the Child Marriage Restraint Act 1929 (No XIX). Under the Act, the minimum age for marriage was 18 years for a male and 16 years for a female (section 2). [ 16] However, under a new bill passed in Pakistani Senate, the minimum age of ...