The Senate Functional Committee on Human Rights unanimously approved the Hindu Marriages Bill on 02ND January 2017.The much-awaited bill to regulate marriages of minority Hindus in Pakistan moved closer to reality after a Senate committee approved the landmark draft legislation, nearly four months after it was passed by the National Assembly.. The bill will enable the Hindu community members to get their marriages registered. It will become a law after it will be passed by the Senate, the upper house of the Parliament.
Source-The Hindu
