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  2. Hindu marriage laws in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Hindu marriage in Pakistan. In Pakistan, there are two laws governing Hindu marriages.One is the Sindh Hindu Marriage Act of 2016 which is applicable in the Sindh province of Pakistan and another is the Hindu Marriage Act of 2017 which is applicable in Islamabad Capital Territory, Balochistan, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa and Punjab provinces.

  3. Hinduism in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    At federal level, a Hindu Marriage Bill was proposed in 2016, which was unanimously approved by the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2016 [202] [203] and by the Senate of Pakistan in 2017. [204] In March 2017, the Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain signed the Hindu Marriage Bill and thereby making it a law.

  4. Polygamy in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Polygamy in Pakistan is legally permissible, according to the law of 1961, [1] but restricted to Muslim men, who may have a maximum of four wives at one time. [2] However it is illegal for Hindus as per the Hindu marriage law. [3] The extent to which polygamy exists in Pakistan is contested. [4]

  5. Marriage in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    Marriage in Pakistan (Urdu: پاکستانی شادی) pertains to wedding traditions established and adhered by Pakistani men and women. Despite their local and regional variations, marriages in Pakistan generally follow Islamic marital jurisprudence .

  6. Human rights in Pakistan - Wikipedia

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    [116] [117] Denial of recognition of Hindu marriages is often used to intimidate and harass Hindus. Married Hindu women have been forcibly kidnapped and married to Muslims, and are left without legal recourse due to inability to prove their previous marriage. [118] It also makes it difficult for Hindus to obtain the Computerized National ...

  7. Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 - Wikipedia

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    The Marriage Laws (Amendment) Bill, 2010 to amend the Hindu Marriage Act, 1955 and the Special Marriage Act, 1954 to making divorce easier on the grounds of irretrievable breakdown of marriage, was introduced in the parliament in 2012. The Bill replaces the words "not earlier than six months" in Section 13B with the words "Upon receipt of a ...

  8. I'm a Hindu and my wife is Christian, so we have different ...

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    I am a Hindu raised in London, while my wife is a Christian from Pittsburgh. She believed I was going to hell, but we work through our differences.

  9. Uniform Civil Code - Wikipedia

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    These laws include the Hindu Marriage Act, Hindu Succession Act, Indian Christian Marriages Act, Indian Divorce Act, Parsi Marriage and Divorce Act. Meanwhile, certain codes like Sharia (Islamic laws) are not codified and solely based upon their religious scriptures.