Global InformationDua Zehra case information
 | This article needs to be updated. (January 2023) |
| Dua Zehra case | |
|---|---|
| Court | Sindh High Court |
| Verdict | The case doesn't warrant the charge of kidnapping and Dua Zehra is free to decide her fate. Later, her custody was granted to her parents. |
| Defendant(s) | Zaheer Ahmed (husband) |
| Plaintiff(s) | Mehdi Ali Kazmi (father) |
| Keywords | |
| Child marriage | |
Dua Zehra Kazmi is a girl from Karachi, Pakistan who went missing from her home on 16 April 2022[1] and days after was found, married to a boy in Okara, Punjab.[2] The case made headlines across the country and continued to dominate the news cycle for months.[3]
After she was traced on 26 April 2022, she said that she left her home on her own free will and defended her marriage to Zaheer Ahmed claiming to be 18 years old.[4] Her parents fought a long legal battle for her return, asserting her marriage to be child marriage.[5]
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- ^ "Location of Karachi teenage girl Dua traced: CM Sindh". The Express Tribune. 2022-04-25. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ Web Desk (2022-07-21). "Timeline of the Dua Zahra case". Aaj English TV. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ Siraj, Sarah (2022-04-26). "Dua Zehra requests parents not to interfere in a video message". BOL News. Retrieved 2022-10-28.
- ^ Dawn.com (2022-07-04). "Dua Zehra timeline: A complex case of alleged kidnapping vs legal marriage". DAWN.COM. Retrieved 2022-10-28.