Karnamu, a 62-year-old Pakistani MP, married a 14-year-old girl

Islamabad, Ta. 23. Tuesday, February, 2021

Maulana Salahuddin Ayubi, a 62-year-old MP from Pakistan's Balochistan province, has married a 14-year-old girl amid worldwide protests against the scourge of child marriage.

However, after the incident came to light, the police have ordered an investigation. The information was brought to light by an NGO. According to a Pakistan newspaper report, the birth certificate of the girl whom the MP was married to was released to the media, showing her date of birth as October 28, 2006. A complaint was then lodged with the police by a local NGO. Was.

When the police reached the girl's house for investigation after receiving the complaint, the father said, "My daughter is not married. The police say that the father has assured not to send the girl to the MP."

According to Pakistan's marriage law, the age of marriage is 16 years.