INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
KARACHI: Bilawal Bhutto Zardari on Saturday called for an end to child marriage in Pakistan, citing examples from other Muslim countries
where the practice is banned.The Pakistan People's portiony chairman tweeted that marriage age in United Arab Emirates (UAE), Indonesia
"Are they much Muslims," he questioned and then gave an example from Sindh to argue that law can stop such marriages."In Sindh where
marriage age is 18, we saw how law stopped an adult marrying a 10 year old! ," he wrote.Painting a grim picture of the situation caused by
child marriages, Bilawal Bhutto Zardari said "Every 20 minutes a girl dies in Pakistan as a result of underage pregnancy".The PPP chairman
used stopKidMarriage hashtag in his tweet.TheIndianSubcontinent has not verified the content of the source
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