Newly married underage monsoon bride Amina with her husband Mohammad Usman arriving at the Khan Muhammad Mallah village in Main Nara Valley, Dadu district, Sindh province in this photo taken on Aug 3, 2024. - AFP
KARACHI: A Pakistan provincial government has ordered an inquiry into child marriages in areas affected by floods in 2022 following an exclusive AFP story on the subject.
Pakistan's high rate of marriages for underage girls had been inching lower in recent years, but after unprecedented floods in 2022 rights workers warned that such weddings were on the rise due to climate-driven economic insecurity.
