Interior Ministry to help Pakistani mother, daughter imprisoned in IoK

Monday, January 2nd, 2017 4:09:53 by

Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said on Sunday that the ministry will help Pakistani mother and daughter, who have been imprisoned in a jail in Indian Occupied Kashmir for the past four years.

Rubina and her four-year-old daughter belong from Hyderabad and they went to India in 2012 for the other’s asthma treatment. Rubina’s husband later on left his wife and child in Delhi, taking away their passport, money and visa, according to a report by an Indian channel.

Rubina was left without any identification documents and had no money to go back to Pakistan. The locals took pity on her and gave her some money to go to Wagah border. However, when she went there she was not allowed to cross because of lack of proper identification documents.

Rubina then went to Indian-occupied Kashmir in the hopes of crossing over to Pakistan but there she got arrested by security forces on Nov 6, 2012 and sent to a jail in IoK’s Kot Bhalwal.

A human rights’ lawyer by the name of Mir Shafqat took up her case and has been trying for her return to Pakistan. A local court had ordered for Rubina and her daughter’s return to Pakistan. However, the Indian administration claimed that the Pakistan High Commission was contacted for the matter but Rubina was not granted access because her identification as a Pakistani could not be verified.

Now the Interior Minister had taken notice of the issue after it gained momentum on local media channels and has vowed to help Rubina and her daughter get back to their homeland.

“If Rubina is Pakistani, then Ministry of External Affairs will be approached to make preparations for her return,” said Interior Minister Nisar.

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