Pakistan approves draft law on Hindu marriages

Islamabad, Feb 9: Pakistan’s tiol Assembly () committee has approved a draft law on Hindu marriages, paving the way for registering marriages in the minuscule religious minority of the country, the media reported on Tuesday. Five Hindu Ms were on Monday specially invited to the deliberations of the Standing Committee on Law and Justice on the Hindu Marriage Bill 2015, Dawn online reported. Though delaying tactics continued almost to the last, the committee adopted the bill unimously after making two amendments to fix the minimum age of the marrying male and female at 18 and making the law applicable to the whole country, instead of just the federal territory. Committee chairman Chaudhry Mahmood Bashir Virk regretted the long-drawn tactical delay in framing family law for the Hindu community. IANS