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Pakistan bishops decry court ruling in child marriage case
source: Catholic bishops of Pakistan -> target: Pakistan Federal Shariat Court
On 2026-04-04, the Catholic bishops of Pakistan, including Archbishop Joseph Arshad and the PCBC/NCJP, issued a joint statement in Pakistan expressing alarm over a Federal Shariat Court ruling validating the marriage of a 13-year-old Christian girl. They criticized the court for not consistently applying Pakistan's under-18 marriage law.
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