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2016

Question [CLICK ON ANY CHOICE TO KNOW THE RIGHT ANSWER]
Which country has passed a landmark bill giving its small Hindu minority the right to register marriages
A
Pakistan
B
Afghanistan
C
Iraq
D
Indonesia
Explanation: 

Detailed explanation-1: -Pakistan’s Hindus were set to get an exclusive personal law to regulate marriages after the National Assembly unanimously adopted the Hindu Marriage Bill, 2017, on Thursday. The law was passed after a lengthy process of enactment.

Detailed explanation-2: -Article Pakistan: National Assembly Passes Hindu Marriage Bill. (Nov. 15, 2016) On September 26, 2016, the Hindu Marriage Bill was unanimously passed in Pakistan’s National Assembly, after three previous failed attempts to pass the bill in 2008, 2011, and 2012.

Detailed explanation-3: -Hindu marriage act of 2017 It was unanimously passed by the National Assembly of Pakistan in 2016. In 2017, the Senate of Pakistan passed the bill. In March 2017, the Pakistani President Mamnoon Hussain signed the Hindu Marriage Bill and thereby making it a law.

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