Lahore High Court (LHC) Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif validated love marriage of Somia with Muhammad Jehangir on Wednesday and directed the police to stop harassing the couple.
| "Yeah! Knock it off, dammit!" |
Petitioner Somia, a dancer in the red light area, said she was living with her maternal uncle Ghulam Abbas in Tibbi police jurisdiction because her mother had died while her father Muhammad Aslam was unwilling to accept her as his daughter. Ms Somia said she married Mr Jehangir of her own will but without the consent of her uncle. This had angered him and he had started interfering in her matrimonial life. The police was harassing her on the behest of her uncle, she added. The petitioner said Mr Abbas abducted her on May 28 and kept her in custody for four days, during which he tortured her and pressured her to divorce her husband. Then on June 3, he allegedly sold her to a brothel owner named Sima, alias Gogi. She said she escaped the prospect of an immoral life the next day and then moved the court.
| I love a happy ending. Of course, Uncle will have them both bumped off... |
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