KARACHI: Dua Zahra’s father Syed Mehdi Kazmi on Monday penned an emotional message to his daughter and assured that his family still loves her and will stand by her.
He was speaking to the media when the medical board’s report concluded that the teenager – who went missing from his Karachi residence in April but was later married to Zaheer Ahmed in Lahore – was 15 to 16 years old. is in between.
Thanking the Supreme Court, Kazmi said that if the police conduct a fair investigation, all the suspects will be arrested soon.
Dua Zahra’s father, who has been wandering from door to door for justice over the past few months, tells her that this is a small proof of his love for her.
“If my daughter is seeing me now, I want to tell her that she will be with me soon, and she will get as much love as she did before. I stand with you and the whole family will support you in the future as well Will stay.”
Kazmi said he was satisfied with the report and demanded that the culprits be brought to justice now.
On this occasion, Kazmi’s lawyer Gibran Nasir said that all the evidence is pointing towards the girl’s age being less than 16 years.
He said the report submitted to the court upheld the claim of the parents about his age.
Reprimanding the investigating officer of the case, DSP Shaukat Shahani, he claimed that the IO had not conducted a fair investigation into the matter, and was misleading his higher officials from day one, resulting in the appointment of Sindh’s acting police chief Kamran. was removed. Fazal and some other officers transferred.
Responding to a question, he said that in the light of the report, the investigating officer will present a supplementary challan, after which the court will decide whether it takes cognizance of the matter or not.
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In what Dua Zahra’s parents have billed as a confirmation of their condition, a 10-member medical board set up to determine the age of the teenage girl is said to be between 15 and 16 years old.
The report was submitted to Judicial Magistrate (East) Aftab Ahmed Bughio on Monday.
According to the last paragraph of the three-page report, the board is of the general opinion that the total age of Dua is between 15 and 16 years, which is closer to 15 years on the basis of physical examination and dental examination.
The age of the girl child is assessed between 15 to 16 years of age based on physical examination, her teeth between 13 to 15 years of age based on dental and OPG (Orthopantogram) examination and radiological examination based on epiphyseal closure. The bone age is between 16 and 17 years.
“This is an unusual anomaly,” the panel said.
It X-rayed the sternal ends of his hands, elbows, wrists, pelvis and clavicles. An OPG X-ray of one of the premolar teeth of his lower jaw was also done. The matter will come up for hearing before the magistrate on Wednesday (tomorrow).