PESHAWAR: Two teenage child rights activists, 16-year-old Maham Nafees and 17-year-old Leena Qamar, have challenged Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s child marriage law in the Peshawar High Court. The law sets the minimum marriage age at 16 for girls and 18 for boys. The petition argues that this gender-based distinction violates constitutional rights to equality, dignity and personal...
