PM’s son-in-law moves court against wife

Prime minister's son-in-law filed 2 petitions for the guardianship of his son and the conjugal rights in the family courts.

LAHORE: The husband of Fizza Gilani, the daughter of Prime Minister Yousaf Raza Gilani, on Saturday filed two petitions for the guardianship of his son and the conjugal rights in the family courts.

Khurram Khan, Fizza’s husband, filed the petitions through his counsel Advocate Suraya Farzand.

Khan stated in the petitions that his wife, Fizza Batool Gillani, had been living with her parents for the past four years.

He claimed that during this period, he was not allowed to meet his son, Asfandyar. Khan requested the court to declare him the rightful guardian of his son.

Khan said that he feared that his wife could use her family’s political connections to take his son abroad, out of the jurisdiction of Pakistani courts.

Mehmood Azam, a family court judge, issued stay orders in that respect and summoned both parties for hearing on June 24.

The stay orders bars Fizza Gilani from taking the child out of the country.

In the conjugal rights petition, Khan submitted that his wife was living with her parents without any justification.

He said that he had tried contacting her several times but she had refused to respond.

Khan stated that he had filed another petition in this regard, but withdrew it when he was assured that the matter would be resolved.

Khan requested the court to direct his wife to return to his house.

Published in the Express Tribune, June 13^th, 2010.