Pakistan’s Punjab Bans Child Marriage Under 18 As Killing Of Christian Shopkeeper Raises Concerns

by Stefan J. Bos, Worthy News Chief International CorrespondentLAHORE, PAKISTAN (Worthy News) – Christian rights campaigners have welcomed Friday’s landmark decision by Pakistan’s Punjab province to criminalize child marriage by setting 18 as the minimum legal age for marriage. However, the killing of a Pakistani Christian shopkeeper in the same province cast a shadow over the celebrations.LEAD Ministries, a Pakistan-based Christian advocacy group, told Worthy News that the new law followe