Federal Constitu­tional Court upholds validity of Christian woman’s marriage to Muslim

ISLAMABAD: The Federal Constitu­tional Court (FCC) on Wednesday upheld the validity of a marriage between a Christian woman and a Muslim man, while rejecting a habeas corpus petition filed by her father seeking her recovery. Headed by Justice Syed Hasan Azhar Rizvi, a two-judge bench held that the woman, who had embraced Islam, was of mature age and therefore in the lawful custody of her husband. The observation came in a judgement deciding the petition of Shahbaz Masih, a Christian resident ...

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