Abstract
Marriage is one of the universal social institutions established to control and regulate the life of mankind. It
is the approved social pattern whereby two or more persons establish a family. However, marriage which
occur without natural way or which violate the basic principles of human rights, creates critical social
problems with multifaceted consequences. The current study investigates into various causes and
consequences of early marriage in Pakhtun society. The study was undertaken in Ramora village of Khyber
Pakhtunkhwa Pakistan that focused on 100 respondents comprised of both married males and females. The
data was collected with the help of structured interview schedule where a descriptive approach was utilized
for data analyses. The analyses reflect that early marriage is practiced due to illiteracy, deeply rooted
traditional social structure and economic insurance, which laid devastating impacts in terms of social,
physiological and psychological problems for the individual, family and society as a whole. It is
recommended that parent education, proper role of government and media will assist in elimination of the
curses of early marriages.
