Karachi, September 19: The Thatta police was directed by a division bench of the Sindh High Court comprising Justice Mushir Alam and Justice Mohammad Ather Saeed to protect a Hindu girl who embraced Islam and married a Muslim man.
Earlier the bench heard the counsel for petitioner Ayesha who maintained that being an adult lady, she married to a Muslim man after embracing Islam. She maintained that the Jhirk police in district Thatta lodged an FIR of abduction etc on a complaint filed by her father Sham Lal, brother Khem Chand, and others.
She expressed fear that the police will arrest the couple or harass them in some other manner. The bench after hearing the counsel for the petitioner while adjourning the hearing of the petition allowed an application by the petitioner for provision of protection to her.
-Agencies