Man claims his wife being forcibly kept at Indian High Commission

Embassy claims Uzama approached them requesting to be repatriated to India

ISLAMABAD: A man from Buner district, Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) has sought the Islamabad police’s help to “rescue” his wife, an Indian national, who he says is being kept at the Indian High Commission against her will since Friday.

Police officials told The Express Tribune on Sunday that Tahir had met Uzma in Malaysia and they decided to marry.

Uzma came to Pakistan via Wagah Border on May 1. The two reportedly tied the knot in Buner two days later.

In an application submitted to the Secretariat Police Station, Tahir said his wife visited the Indian High Commission in Islamabad on May 5 to apply for a visa for him. He added that Uzma went inside the building but did not return.



Tahir alleged that his wife was being kept at the high commission against her will and requested the police to intervene into the matter.

The Secretariat police said they had received the application and contacted the Foreign Office. They added that they would get access to the woman on Monday and would try to have her statement recorded before a magistrate.

“If she says she is kept at the high commission against her will, we will proceed with the application in accordance with the law,” a police officer said.

He, however, added that it was unlikely that Uzma was being forcibly kept there.



“I think the woman might have changed her mind after arriving here thinking that the relationship is not sustainable,” he speculated.

Foreign office

In response to media query regarding Uzma, the Foreign Office spokesperson, in a statement, said that "the Indian High Commission informed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs that an Indian national had approached them with the request to be repatriated to India.”

According to the Indian High Commission, she claimed to have married Tahir and alleged that she later came to know that Tahir was already married and had four children.