Similarly, the Social Institutions and Gender Index (SIGI) by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) states that the respective religious laws require marriages to be registered with the "relevant religious authorities" (OECD 8 Mar. According to the US Department of State's Reciprocity Schedule for Pakistan, "registration authorities can only register Muslim marriages and divorces," and records for non-Muslims are registered with the respective community's "head offic" (US n.d.). Sources indicate that under Islamic law, marriages can be dissolved by the husband or the wife, by mutual consent of both parties, or by the court (Abbasi 29 Dec. Sources describe Muslim marriages as a "contract," which can be dissolved by either party in the contract (Abbasi 29 Dec. Sources indicate that laws governing divorce in Pakistan differ depending on the religion of the parties involved (OECD 8 Mar.
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