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Lahore, UK Courts tussle over siblings custody

Courts in the United Kingdom and Lahore are “involved in a complex legal tussle” to decide what should happen to the siblings of Sara Sharif, whose death sparked an international manhunt, BBC reported. Sara Sharif’s body was discovered at her home in Woking, southern England, on August 10. A post-mortem examination found she had sustained “multiple and extensive injuries” over a long period. The day before…

Man kills daughters, himself in Sargodha

A man from Sheikhanwala shot dead his two daughters and seriously injured the third one in the Sheeshmahal neighbourhood of Bhera on Monday before taking his own life. According to sources, Mudassar Iqbal, whose wife from Bhera divorced him in 2018, had been demanding custody of his three daughters. On…

Court reunites child with mother

RAWALPINDI: “There can be no better guardian for a child than his…

Court grants custody of five girls to their parents

A judicial magistrate on 20 March 2024 handed over the custody of…

Fathers Often Seek Kids’ DNA Test To Avoid Maintenance Cost: LHC

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court has expressed its concern over the growing trend of fathers questioning the legitimacy of their children by requesting DNA analysis, often as a tactic to evade paying maintenance allowances to their ex-spouses. “It is becoming a common practice in our society that whenever a suit…

IHC Orders Recovery, Production Of Minor Girl In Custody Case

ISLAMABAD: The Islamabad High Court (IHC) has ordered the recovery of a minor girl in her custody case and directed police to produce her before the court today at all costs. The court observed that if the girl is outside the limits of Islamabad, then she should be recovered with…

Parents Get Permanent Custody Of Teenage Girl

A family court has awarded permanent custody of a teenage girl who was reported kidnapped from Karachi in April 2022 but was later found to have purportedly contracted freewill marriage in Lahore, to her parents. Judge Salamat Ali Soomro granted an application filed by the girl’s parents — Syed Mehdi…

Indian Woman Seeks Custody Of Her Sons From Pakistani Husband

LAHORE: The Lahore High Court on 19 July 2024 heard a petition of an Indian Muslim woman seeking custody of her two minor sons from the alleged illegal custody of their Pakistani father. Petitioner Farzana Begum appeared before the court along with her lawyer Bushra Qamar. The lawyer told the…

Illegal Shelter homes threaten minors

Whenever the country is hit by an economic crisis, news media starts brimming with reports of children abandoned by parents, inside garbage cans and at shrines, out of which only a lucky few end up in the custody of trusted orphanages or doting adoptive parents, the rest however, are left…

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