Family woes: Mothers granted custody of children

Humaira Jameel filed a petition in court, saying her husband had barred her from meeting their children

FAISALABAD: District and Sessions Judge Chaudhry Khaleequz Zaman awarded custody of four children to their mothers.

Humaira Jameel had filed a petition in the court, saying her husband, Hashim, had thrown her out and barred her from meeting their children; a four-year-old boy, Farman, one-year-old girl and 10-months-old infant boy. The bailiff recovered the children and produced them before the court. The court granted custody to the mother.

In another case, the court handed over a one-year-old girl to her mother Fareeda Akhtar of Green Town, after the bailiff recovered the child from the custody of her father Rana Kashif.

Published in The Express Tribune, September 29^th, 2013.