PoK: Gilgit-Baltistan leaders voice concern over child marriage
Civil society representatives, including the head of the National Commission on the Status of Women (NCSW), recently expressed concern over the absence of laws and constitutional protections for women in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir, Gilgit-Baltistan region.
To empower women in Gilgit-Baltistan, they wanted swift legislation. The NCSW recently organised a two-day National Consultation on Child Marriage, with the second round taking place in Gilgit on Friday, with the assistance of partners United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), Unicef, and UN-Women, ANI reported.
GB Minister of Women’s Development Ms Dilshad Bano, GB Assembly Speaker Nazir Ahmed Advocate, GB Secretary of Social Welfare Development Fida Hussain, experts, policymakers, and representatives from federal and GB departments were among the attendees, Dawn reported as quoted ANI.
Speakers voiced worry about the lack of regulations safeguarding women in the area, especially the practice of early child marriage.
A law to prohibit child marriage was going to be introduced in the GB assembly, according to Speaker of the GB Assembly Nazir Ahmed Advocate, Dawn reported as quoted by the newspaper.
He said that a law to ban underage marriages was presented to the GB legislature in 2015, but it has not yet been tabled.
IBNS
Senior Staff Reporter at Northeast Herald, covering news from Tripura and Northeast India.
Related Articles
Democrats release Epstein emails suggesting Trump ‘knew about the girls’, White House calls it ‘fake narrative’
In a major political flashpoint, Democrats on the House Oversight Committee on Wednesday released a set of emails linked to Jeffrey Epstein, claiming they raise “serious questions” about former U.S. President Donald Trump’s knowledge of Epstein’s alleged sexual abuse and trafficking of minors.
'How many wives?' Trump asks Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa in historic White House meeting
In a moment few could have predicted, US President Donald Trump on Monday hosted Syrian President Ahmed al-Sharaa at the White House, marking the first-ever official visit by a Syrian head of state to the United States since Syria gained independence from France in 1946.
Virgin Atlantic passenger who threatened to gang-rape and kill flight attendant has term tripled
London/IBNS: A British man who threatened to gang-rape and murder an air stewardess on a Virgin Atlantic flight has had his sentence tripled after a court found his original punishment too lenient.
Watch: Tesla’s self-driving tech saves driver from 75 mph head-on collision — Elon Musk reacts!
Tech entrepreneur Elon Musk has shared a video on X showing a Tesla vehicle narrowly avoiding a head-on collision, crediting the company’s Full Self-Driving (FSD) system for the quick response.
Latest News
Passenger held at Agartala airport with 7 gold biscuits hidden inside rectum
Steering Committee finalizes venue for 44th Agartala Book Fair at Hapania amid controversy
Democrats release Epstein emails suggesting Trump ‘knew about the girls’, White House calls it ‘fake narrative’
Maharashtra wedding turns violent as groom stabbed on stage! Videographer chases attacker with drone