Pakistan

One email frees woman from illegal custody of husband in Hyderabad

The circuit bench of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad directed the Latifabad A Section police to recover the woman.

Express July 24, 2010

HYDERABAD: As soon as she got a chance to send an email to her family, Sadia was able to inform them that she was being kept in illegal custody by her husband.

Sadia and Shahrukh got married in Houston, US, and moved to Pakistan in November 2009. From the day they arrived, however, Shahrukh allegedly confined his wife to their apartment in Yousuf Heights in Hyderabad’s Latifabad neighbourhood.

Sadia claims that she was not allowed to speak to anyone over the phone and he did not let her step out of the house.

It was by chance that she managed to email her family and inform them of her living conditions.

Sadia’s uncle, Muhammad Younas, who is a resident of Karachi, filed a petition at the court. He claimed that his niece was being kept in illegal custody for the past seven months.

The circuit bench of the Sindh High Court Hyderabad directed the Latifabad A Section police to recover the woman. SHO A Section Rao Nazim conducted a raid late Thursday and found Sadia. She was immediately taken to the women police station where she was reunited with her family.

When the reporters and cameraman of Express News reached Sadia’s apartment on Thursday, her family members misbehaved with cameraman Naseem Khan and beat him up. Several neighbours came to his aid as the police failed to give him any protection.

In a statement recorded with the police, Sadia claimed that her husband held her in captivity as soon as they arrived in Hyderabad.

He also allegedly stole her passport and other documents so that she could not escape, she said, accusing her husband of marrying her to obtain American citizenship. However, during the raid on Thursday, the police failed to find her documents.

According to the police, Sadia made it clear in her statement that she did not wish to go back to her husband.

On Friday, she was presented in civil court No 9, where her statement was recorded under Section 164 fo the Criminal Procedure Code. After the hearing, Sadia was allowed to leave with her uncle.

Sadia told the court that she married Shahrukh of her own will in America. She pleaded the court to now allow her to go with her uncle. For his part, Shahrukh requested permission to meet his wife at the hearing but she refused to talk to him.

Sadia was taken away by her uncle and other family members and was not allowed to talk to the media.

Her lawyer informed the media that she has expressed her wish to leave Pakistan with her uncle, reported PPI news agency.

Published in The Express Tribune, July 24^th, 2010.

COMMENTS (6)

sahir khan baloch | 14 years ago | Reply this man is saying that he took her at umrah well the truth is that he took her to take oath (kasam) that she will not leave her in any condition and on that day she knows that he's playing game,,,and secondly he also married a christian just for same citizenship case but she finally got her,,, these people should not been born who ruined other people life,, shahrukh freek shame on you and be a son of a men...........

Tauheed Syed | 14 years ago | Reply Shame on you, people like you spoil the the reputation of Islam and Pakistan and you must be bring to a task for your arrogant attititude and In-Humane Behaviour.

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Tauheed Syed | 14 years ago | Reply Shame on you, people like you spoil the the reputation of Islam and Pakistan and you must be bring to task to a task for your arrogant attititude.

Shahrukh | 14 years ago | Reply thats right dont judge by wht media says. Me and my wife went to lot of places n i do have all the proofs and i will show that to the court. i think u should know the whole fact first before u write your comments any where sir.

Waqas Khan | 14 years ago | Reply don't judge by what media says. i know them very well. as far as i know shahrukh was treating her very well. they have traveled outside to few places. got the proof. we will seee and you all will see as well.

Shahzad Ahmad | 14 years ago | Reply This is exactly why we preach that ICTs should be given at the hands of women and they can fight back domestic violence. She was lucky to be able to email to end her miseries, but many can not even speak about the violence they have to suffer on daily basis... Very unfortunate. Take Back The Tech... www.takebackthetech.net Girls!

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