Fawad disappointed over opposition to anti-child marriage bill in NA.

ISLAMABAD: Federal Minister for Science and Technology Fawad Chaudhry on Wednesday expressed his disappointment at some "elected representatives and ministers' opposition" to the Child Marriage Restraint (Amendment) Bill, 2018, in the National Assembly, terming it a "scary moment" for society.

"What hopes can one really attribute to a society whose fifty elected representatives and even ministers actually voted for underage marriage?" he tweeted.

The lawmakers who opposed the bill also included those from the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI), most prominent of whom were Religious Affairs Minister Noorul Haq Qadri and State Minister for Parliamentary Affairs Ali Mohammad Khan.

Chaudhry, in his tweet, rued that elected representatives had...