Woman released after 12-years seek daughter’s possession

LARKANA: A young woman released from Ladies Jail here on Friday after completing a 12-year-term had appealed to Chief Justice of Pakistan, President of Pakistan Dr Arif Alvi, Prime Minister Imran Khan and human rights groups to get her possession of her daughter.

Resident of Faisalabad, Safia Muhammad Malik, told newsmen that her second husband and his brothers got her convicted in a fake abduction case for 25 years and kept his three-year daughter Nadia alias Iqra as hostage so that she could not open her mouth in the court and tell the truth.

She said Iqra was from her first husband and she must be 15 years now. She said her first marriage was made with her cousin Mushtaque Malick 25 years ago and she gave birth to a daughter, adding after divorce she was married to Syed Javed Iqbal but his family members did not like it.

She alleged Syed Afzal, Syed Shafqat, brothers of her husband Syed Javed Iqbal and his other family members implicated her in a fake case and she was awarded 25 years imprisonment which she had completed today and had been released. She said brothers of her husband were very influential and being alone she could not face them. She appealed to CJP, President and Prime Minister to take notice of the matter and order handing over her young daughter back to her.