The Council of Islamic Ideology (CII) ruled in its 191st meeting that the laws related to minimum age of marriage were un-Islamic and that children of any age could get married if they attain puberty.
At the conclusion of two day meeting, Chairman CII Maulana Muhammad Khan Sheerani noted that the laws related to marriage too were unfair and there cannot be any age of marriage, according to Dawn News.
However, he explained that there were two segments of marriage - nikah and ruksati, while nikah could be performed at any age.
He said that even the minors can have nikah but that has to be executed by the guardians, adding that ruksti could be executed only after attaining the age of puberty.
He said that the age of puberty varies from individuals to individuals and it was the responsibility of guardians to have ruksati as soon the child attains the age of puberty.