KARACHI: Lawyer Gibran Nasir, representing Dua Zahra’s father, expressed hope on Monday that her husband will be jailed within 24 hours in light of a new medical report, which puts his age between 15-16 years.
He was speaking to the media outside a local court, where a medical report determining the girl’s actual age was produced. The panel was set up on a court order after Dua’s father challenged a medical report, which put her age between 16-17 years.
The latest report has concluded that the girl is 15 to 16 years old, however, the lawyer said she is “about 15 years old”.
Gibran Nasir expresses hope that ‘Sindh Police’ after new medical report arrives [will] Take Zaheer Ahmed into custody till tomorrow afternoon.
A case of kidnapping has been registered against him, the lawyer said, adding that the policemen were smiling and taking pictures with Zaheer.
He further said that two weeks ago, senior police officials had said that there was nothing in the case, the case was closed, and today’s medical report shows that the case was never properly investigated. .
“This case is a charge sheet against Sindh Police and Sindh government,” he said.
He said that Dua’s case is related to kidnapping and child marriage.