Both of them sparked intense national debate recently by publicly opposing the Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 which sets the minimum legal age for marriage at 18. The PDA member organizations of the PDA have also expressed serious concerns over the JUI-F leadership’s remarks. The Islamabad Capital Territory Child Marriage Restraint Act 2025 repeals the outdated Child Marriage Restraint Act, 1929 specifically for the Islamabad Capital Territory. The law aligns with a 2023 Federal Shariat Court ruling that confirmed setting the minimum marriage age at 18 is not against Islamic injunctions. Following the Sindh Child Marriages Restraint Act, Islamabad is only the second region in Pakistan to mandate 18 as the minimum age for girls while in other provinces, it typically remains 16.