KARACHI: The Sindh High Court (SHC) on Thursday ordered transfer of Dua Zehra — the fee will marriage girl — to Karachi.
Earlier in day, the court reserved its verdict on a plea filed by Dua Zehra’s father Mehdi Kazmi, accusing Zaheer Ahmed, husband of Dua Zahra, of kidnapping his daughter from her house in Karachi’s Alfalah neighborhood.
The two-member SHC bench, headed by Justice Iqbal Kalhoro, announced the verdict. The court in its verdict said the case is under trial in Karachi and Dua Zehra, a major respondent in the case, should be present in the port city.
The SHC in its observation said it looks like Dua is not happy with her husband Zaheer Ahmed and afraid of his parents and decided to live in a shelter home. The decision regarding the kidnapping of Dua will be decided by the trial court, the SHC declared.
Earlier, the lawyers of Sindh and federal government backed the plea for shifting Dua Zehra to Karachi. “The case has been under the hearing of court in Karachi, the girl should be shifted to Karachi under the state custody,” government counsel told the court.
Police produced accused Zaheer in court for the hearing.
COURT GRANTS BAIL TO ZAHEER, HIS BROTHER
The district and sessions court in Karachi on Thursday granted bail to Zaheer, husband of Dua Zehra, the teenager abducted from Karachi in April and his brother Shabir.
Fearing arrest in Dua Zehra case, Zaheer and Shabir had filed a pre-arrest bail plea in the district and sessions court. The court after hearing arguments from both sides granted bail to Zaheer and Shabir.
Both were ordered to submit Rs100,000 as surety bonds. The police have been ordered to produce both the accused before the court on July 25.
