ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) on Monday decided to hold one hearing with Indian citizen Uzma and her husband Tahir both present in the court.
The court has delayed the hearing until May 22 and has issued notices to all parties. However, Tahir’s lawyer requested the court to allow the couple to have a private meeting.
Justice Mohsin Akhter Kiyani enquired if it was under the court’s jurisdiction to order the Indian High Commission to comply.
The lawyer further requested the court to ban Uzma from travelling back to India till the case is decided.
Uzma’s lawyer gave the notice to the Indian High Commission’s First Secretary Piyush Singh who was present in the court.
Prior to the above, the court issued notices to the Foreign Ministry and Tahir in reference to Uzma’s return to India and the request to issue a duplicate immigration sheet.
Uzma, 20, sought refuge at the Indian High Commission last week asked to be repatriated to India after her marriage to Tahir Ali, a resident of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, claiming she came to know later that Ali was already married and had four children. Her claims were denied by Tahir.
On May 9, the Pakistani foreign office said Uzma would only be sent back once all legal requirements in the case are completed.
Uzma, who belongs to New Delhi, and Tahir met each other in Malaysia, after which she travelled to Pakistan on May 1 via the Wagah border, and got married to him on May 3, according to Tahir.
The complicated case took another turn as Uzma’s brother on Tuesday reiterated her earlier claims of travelling to Pakistan.
