‘Registration of nikah should be mandatory to prevent child marriage’
July 7, 2021
PESHAWAR: Provincial Minister for Labour and Culture Shaukat Yousafzai on Tuesday said that child marriage could be prevented in rural areas through making registration of nikah mandatory.
Addressing a dialogue on Child Marriage Act here, he called for the widespread publicity of the stance of Ulema in media to create awareness among the people to get society rid of this custom.
Besides Special Assistant to Chief Minister Taj Mohammad Khan Tarand and Khaleeq-ur-Rehman, Members Provincial Assembly Ziaullah Bangash and Dr Sumaira Shams, provincial Ombudsperson Rakhshinda Naz also attended the function.