A local court Wednesday (today) has decided in favour of prominent singer Humaira Arshad in the child custody case.
In a short order, the court directed Ahmad Butt, former husband of Humaira, for handing over the son temporarily to mother till September 23. The final decision would be pronounced after that.
An additional district and sessions court on Friday reserved decision on a petition filed by Humaira seeking direction to hand over her son after recovering from her former husband’s possession.
The development follows on the heels of an additional district and sessions judge reserving verdict on Friday. The singer had filed a petition against former husband Ahmad Butt saying he had forcibly taken away her six-year-old son.
She said Butt was an addict. Thus, Arshad said, she did not want him to look after her son. The judge had directed police to produce the child before the court. Butt appeared before the court along with his son.
He told the court that Arshad’s relatives were running gambling dens. Therefore, he did not want his son to live with his mother. The judge had reserved verdict after hearing the arguments.Arshad married Ahmad, an actor by profession, in 2004. In the past, the two have publicly accused each other of fraud among other things.
“Ahmad Butt tortured me in front of people, snatched my money, and kidnapped my child and as a result I had no other choice but to make marriage a public affair,” she said, adding that keeping all these factors in mind, it is highly likely that the 11-year-old love marriage will come to an end.
Arshad said she only organised a press conference in response to her husband’s presser in which he had accused her of heinous crimes.
“I never want to come out in public, particularly over a minor family dispute, but my husband accused me of property fraud and threatened my life. That made me step up,” the singer told media.
“Ahmed never gave me a single penny, I was running the entire household on my earnings as a singer and Ahmed would ask for money every now and then. It is sad that he has brought our internal affairs to this point,” Humaira added.