Pakistan court rules in favour of men marrying underaged girls after their first flow

A high court in Pakistan last week ruled under the Sharia law that men can marry under-aged girls as long as they have experienced their first menstrual cycle. 

Sharia law being the religious law of Islam derived from the teachings of the Quran, which acts as a divine code or guide for living.

The ruling was made by the Sindh High Court on Feb. 3 during the hearing of Huma Younus, a 14-year-old Catholic girl who was abducted, pressured to convert to Islam, and forced into child marriage.


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