State snubs mothers yet again

A circular issued by the Department of National Id and Civil Registration under the Home Ministry on Wednesday has been widely criticized for snubbing the rights of a woman once again.

The circular for implementation down to the ward level prescribes that the surname of the maternal side (instead of the mother’s) be assigned to the child while registering the birth at the current address of the mother if the child is born before marriage but the child’s father is not identified, and the mother has married since and is staying with her husband along with the child.