Pakistan, June 4 -- A citizen has filed a petition in the Federal Shariat Court challenging the newly passed Child Marriage Restraint Bill 2025, which bans the marriage of girls under 18 years of age. The petitioner claims that the law goes against Islamic teachings and should be declared invalid under Shariah.

Shehzada Adnan, through his lawyer Advocate Mudasar Chaudhry, argued that the bill violates both the Quran and Hadith. According to the petition, Islam does not set a fixed minimum age for marriage, and therefore, the law contradicts religious guidelines followed by Muslims.

The petitioner further stated that punishing underage marriages with rigorous imprisonment is against the principles of Islam and the Constitution of Pakista...