Pakistan is the country with sixth highest number of children marriages, which is 1,909,000.
According to Demographic and Health Survey, 21 percent girls are married before they turn 18 while 3% girls are married before the age of 15. Moreover, the World Health Organization (WHO) predicts that by 2020, 140 million underage girls will get married.
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