The Lahore High Court has summoned the Tibbi City station house officer on Wednesday to explain why policemen are interfering in a love marriage.
"Yeah! Leave 'em alone, why dontcha?"
"But they're cohabiting!"
"That's 'cuz they got a marriage license!" |
The medical superintendent of Services Hospital reported to the court on Tuesday that Somia, a dancer in the red light area, was indeed an adult and at least 19-years-old. Justice Khawaja Muhammad Sharif ordered the SHO to explain why he and his officers were trying to force Somia to break off her marriage to Muhammad Jehangir and return to her uncle Ghulam Abbas.
| "I don't wanna go home to Uncle Ghulam! He's 74, an' he's got that big mole with the hairs growing out of it, an' he looks at me funny!" |
Somia has asked the court to validate her marriage and protect her from the Tibbi City police. She said she was living with her uncle because her mother had died and her father Muhammad Aslam was not ready to accept her as his daughter.
| "A dancer? She no daughter of mine, by Gum!" |
Somia said she had wed 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. |