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Pakistan court says Hindu girls to live with their husbands
A bench of the Islamabad high court led by chief justice Athar Minallah made the decision in light of a five-member commission report over the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of the two teenaged Hindu girls from Ghotki district in Sindh.
A high court in Pakistan ordered two Hindu girls, believed to have been kidnapped and married against their will to Muslim men, to remain with their husbands.
A bench of the Islamabad high court led by chief justice Athar Minallah made the decision in light of a five-member commission report over the alleged abduction, forced conversion and marriage of the two teenaged Hindu girls from Ghotki district in Sindh.
The girls and their spouses had filed a petition seeking protection.
In their plea, the girls maintained they belong to a Hindu family and converted wilfully.
During the hearing, members of the commission, federal minister for human rights Shireen Mazari and national commission on the status of women chairperson Khawar Mumtaz held a meeting with the girls and their spouses.
SHARIFS FACE FRESH CORRUPTION CHARGES
Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan said his government has found new evidence of corruption and money laundering against the Sharif family members and fresh cases would be instituted against them in the coming days.
The Sharif family members were filling bags of money and laundering it through their front men in Dubai, Khan said on Wednesday.
MINISTER MEETS IMF, WORLD BANK OFFICIALS
Pakistan finance minister Asad Umar held meetings with officials of World Bank, IMF and US treasury department on the sidelines of the annual IMF spring meeting in Washington.
Various economic and development projects were discussed with the World Bank and IMF officials.
