FEMALE childhoods have been silenced by primitive traditions for decades in Pakistan. The enactment of the Punjab Child Marriages Restraint Ordinance 2026 is a long-awaited development that sets the minimum legal age of marriage for males and females at 18 years, and treats child marriage as a non-bailable offence.
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