Meera opposes medical examination move

Counsel for Meera tells court that Attiqur Rehman's application for her medical examination is meant to humiliate...

LAHORE: Counsel for Meera on Wednesday told a court hearing in her suit for jactication of alleged marriage with Attiqur Rehman that his application for her medical examination was meant to humiliate her and should be rejected.

Rehman in his application had asked the court to order her medical examination, in order to determine whether she was a virgin. Meera has said that the nikahnama presented by Rehman is a forgery. On Wednesday, counsel for Meera submitted a written reply in the court of Judge Malik Imran Shahbaz seeking the dismissal of the application. Meera had filed a suit for jactitation of marriage. She said that she was not married to the respondent or anybody.

She said he had claim marriage to malign her in the media following a falling out as business partner. The court had summoned Rehman, who told the court that she was his wife and later filed an application requesting the court to constitute a medical board for her medical examination. The court has adjourned the next hearing till Thursday (today).

Published in The Express Tribune, March 3^rd, 2011.