Girl from Swabi on journey to find her parents

SWABI: In a heartbreaking discovery, a girl who was taken away from her parents at just seven years of age is now on the lookout for her family.

Sana, now 13, reached Topi town of Swabi district on Sunday as she continued her journey to find her lost family.

Narrating her tale, the girl said she was abducted near the temple Panja Sahib in Hasan Abdal by a person who by appearance looked like a Sikg. She was taken to Tirrah and then brought back to Hasan Abdal.

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While remaining captive, she made hectic efforts to return but to no avail. But she did not give up, reached Topi and was given refuge by Faiz Muhammad, a watchman in a government school.

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The girl has now is making requests to people to help her find her parents or some of her close relatives. She remembers her father’s name as Muhammad Jaseem, and mother Naureen.

Sana can also recall her elder brother, Bilal, younger Hilal and a sister Saira. She also remembers the names of her uncles, Shoaib and Waseem and fraternal grandfathers, Ismael and Asghar.