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Father shaved daughter’s head for wanting to marry of her own will

News Desk

Dec 23

A young nurse in Karachi, wanting to marry off her own will, was rescued by police from confinement by her family, who had shaved her head as a punishment. 

 

Police officials reported on Sunday that Naz Fatima, who works as a nurse at the Ojha campus of the Dow University of Health Sciences, had been forcefully confined to her father’s home.


Quaidabad SHO Farasat Shah said that after being informed, a police team raided the house, recovered the victim and arrested four suspects, including the patriarch of the house, Naz Fatima’s father.


The victim had informed the police that her paternal family beat her and shaved her head because they would not allow her to marry someone of her own choice.


The police informed the media that after being recovered, the victim later registered a case against her father Niaz Husain, uncle Kaleem Husain and others under sections 342 (wrongful confinement), 354 (assault or criminal force to woman with intent to outrage her modesty), 337-V (Arsh for hair), 337-A-I (punishment of shajjah) and 34 (common intention) of the Pakistan Penal Code.


Additionally, Naz stated in the FIR that her parents separated around seven months ago, after which she, along with her three sisters, began living with their mother in a rented house in Qadhafi Town.  Her father had been pestering her and her sisters to move in with him in Daud Chali, Quaidabad.


However, on December 12, her father beat her and her sisters, prompting them to temporarily seek refuge at her friend’s house in Green Town.


On December 20, Naz’s father, accompanied by her uncle and other relatives, stormed into her friend’s house in the afternoon, beat her, tore her clothes and shaved her head.


Then, they forcibly took her to his house in Quaidabad, where she was held in confinement until she managed to contact her lawyer. 


Naz’s lawyer then reported her ordeal to the police, and she was subsequently recovered from wrongful confinement.


Further investigation into the case is underway.

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