Prevention of early marriages: KP government urged to make effective legislations

Representatives of civil society organisation have demanded the provincial government to make effective legislations for prevention of early marriages. The demand was made by Ziaullah Awan, founder Madadgar Helpline, an organisation working of women right, along with Ambareen Gulzar Advocate, prof Afesar Sehar, Khursheed Bano, and Fakhar Alam, during a press conference at press club here on Wednesday.
Ziaullah Awan said the national and international laws have strictly abandoned the early girls' marriages. He said the tendency of early girls' marriages has grown up in the society due to traditions and social taboos, and cultural norms. The participants said Sawara is glaring example, under which girls married before reaching 18 ages in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while situation has also quite worst in Sindh, wherein girls married on name of dand and band.
Similarly, they said tendency of early girls' marriage is emerging on name of vani in Punjab. According to laws, they said the boys marriages was carried out under age of 18, while girls at age of 16. In violation of laws, they informed a month imprisonment and Rs 1000 as penalty fixed, which they said, could not produce any tangible results yet.
The all federating units, they viewed, have been liable to make legislations for prevention of early girls' marriages, in light of the 18th passage of constitutional amendments in the country. They said the Sindh has only made progress and tabled a bill against early and forceful marriage.