Minister for Planning Chaudhry Abdul Ghafoor on Friday moved an application to Chief Justice of Pakistan Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry to take suo motu notice against Lahore High Court (LHC) judgment under which the custody of Amina Razzaq, 11, was granted to her French mother Ingrid Branden Burger while ignoring the desire of the girl to live with her Pakistani father.
Ghafoor asked the CJ to restrain Burger from taking the girl out of Pakistan till the Supreme Court takes a decision on the matter since the girl will not be returned if the court rules in favour of the father .
The application moved through counsel Azhar Siddique stated that Amina was a hafiz-e-Quran and had told the LHC that she did not want to return to her non-Musim mother, despite which the judge had granted custody to the mother.
The application asks the CJ to take a suo motu to restraining Burger from flying out of the country with Amina. Ghafoor said Amina’s tears on the TV screen had moved him but been ignored by Justice Manzoor Ahmad Malik. He said the judge had given the order despite knowing Amina’s father Razzaq was sick and not present in court.