The Sindh High Court has allowed 14-year-old Arzoo Fatima to leave the shelter home and go with her parents after they gave an undertaking that she will be allowed to
Arzoo Raja case suspect challenges child marriage law in SHC
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Azhar Ali, the man who has been accused of marrying 13-year-old Arzoo Fatima in Karachi, has challenged Sindh’s child marriage law. He claimed that the minimum age of marriage in the province–18 years is not Shariah compliant.
A Sindh High Court bench, headed by Justice Muhammad Ali Mazhar, remarked that the petitioner should take the case to the Shariat court. “What does 18th Amendment have to do with child marriages? How is the child marriage law against Islam?”
Allow Arzoo Raja to live with ‘husband’, petitioner says
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Arzoo Raja should be allowed to live with her husband and his family now that she had accepted Islam, a petition filed by Syed Ali Azhar in the Sindh High Court read.
In a hearing on Monday, Ali said that the Shariah law gave him permission to live with Raja. The 14-year-old appeared before the court as well.
Arzoo case: SHC asks if challan should include rape charges
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The Sindh High Court asked if rape charges should be included in the challan in the Arzoo Raja case.
The court questioned if the prime suspect, Azhar Ali, should be tried on rape charges. The documents show that they both signed nikkah papers. How can it be rape then?
The lawyer of Raja Lal Masih, Arzoo s father, said the high court declared the marriage to be unlawful. If the marriage is illegal, then rape sections can applicable, he said.