Standing committee briefed on child marriage bill

PESHAWAR: A meeting of the Provincial Cabinet’s Standing Committee was briefed on Tuesday on the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2019.

An official handout said that Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Law Minister, Advocate Aftab Alam chaired the meeting.Provincial Minister for Social Welfare and Women Development, Syed Qasim Ali Shah, Advocate General Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Shah Faisal Atman Khail and other officials attended the meeting.

The department’s officers briefed the participants about the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2019.Committee members provided suggestions and feedback on the Bill, while Law Minister Advocate Aftab Alam emphasized that this was a sensitive issue closely related to religious and Islamic teachings, and therefore, the Bill should be sent to the Council of Islamic Ideology for further review and progress.