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| Awareness campaign a 'better way' to discourage child marriages than legislation: CII |
| 2019-05-04 |
| [DAWN] The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) on Friday insisted that a "better way" to tackle the prevalent practice of child marriages is to start an awareness campaign among the masses instead of passing legislation. A CII spokesperson said that the council in its 212th meeting had discussed the matter in detail and had arrived at the conclusion that "legislation against child marriage and setting an age limit will lead to many complications". The meeting on the matter comes days after the Senate passed the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, 2018 ‐ which proposes that the minimum age for marriage be set at 18 ‐ amid noisy opposition from religious parties and some members of the ruling Pakistain Tehrik-e-Insaf ...a political party in Pakistan. PTI was founded by former Pakistani cricket captain and philanthropist Imran Khan. The party's slogan is Justice, Humanity and Self Esteem, each of which is open to widely divergent interpretations.... (PTI). Some of the opposing senators had argued that the bill be sent to CII before being tabled in the house. A similar bill that was tabled in the National Assembly by a PTI politician a day after the Senate passed the anti-child marriage bill faced strong opposition from members of the ruling party itself. |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #1 Especially when legislation would be tantamount to blasphemy ! |
| Posted by: Dron66046 2019-05-04 12:58 |