Law in Pakistan does not allow marriage with girls below 16 years of age. Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi | Photo Credit: ANI
Chitral: The Pakistan Police have initiated an investigation into the marriage of a 14-year-old girl with Jamiat Ulema-e-Islam (JUI-F) leader Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, who is a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from Balochistan.
Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi was elected to the National Assembly from constituency NA-263 (Kila Abdullah) as JUI-F leader.
The inquiry was started on the basis of a complaint registered by an NGO working for the welfare of women in Chitral. Anjuman Dawat-o-Azeemat, in an application, alleged that the news of the underage girl’s marriage with the MNA from Balochistan, about four times of her age, had gone viral on social media, leaving the people infuriated.
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Speaker seeks explanation from unruly MNAs
Notices to issues to three lawmakers for violating decorum of the house last week
NA Speaker Asad Qaiser, PHOTO: Anadolu Agency/FILE
ISLAMABAD:
Days after lawmakers scuffled in the lower house of the parliament, the National Assemblyspeaker has issued notices to Pakistan Peoples Party’s (PPP) Syed Naveed Qamar, Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz’s (PML-N) Chaudhry Hamid Hameed and Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf’s (PTI) Attaullah and sought explanation from them for violating the decorum of the house.
Speaker Asad Qaiser issued notices to the three National Assembly members (MNAs) under Rule 21 of the Rules of Procedure and Conduct of Business in the National Assembly 2007 after examining the evidence and pursuing record of the proceedings of February 4 the day when lawmakers used most of their time in the assembly to spew a nonstop torrent of the most unparliamentary language possible.