In a first, KP govt moves to register Kalash marriages

PESHAWAR: The Khyber Pakhtun­khwa government has tabled a bill in the provincial assembly to provide for solemnisation and registration of marriages by Kalash minority families, making 18 years’ prohibitory age for both males and females for contracting marriages. Kalash community, a minority of over 4,000 people, lives in a remote enclave of three valleys of Bumburet, Birir and Rambur villages of Chitral district. The proposed legislation, Kalash Marriage Bill 2026 was tabled in the KP Assem...

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