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UN panel hails Pakistan’s marriage-age law, flags bonded labour

Dawn5 November 2026, 03:11 UTCPakistan

• Experts seek details on child brides, rehabilitation of flood victims and reconstruction efforts• Pakistani delegation says 600,000 destroyed homes rebuilt ISLAMABAD: The United Nations Committee on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights on Wednesday concluded its review of Pakistan’s second periodic report under the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights, welcoming the country’s 2025 legal amendment raising the minimum age of marriage to 18. However, committee members raised questions about bonded labour and reconstruction efforts following the 2022 and 2025 floods, am

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