Kidnapped girl meets family after four years

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Kidnapped girl meets family after four years

A Correspondent Published November 5, 2018

The girl burst into tears when she saw her father and mother for the first time in four years.— File

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SUKKUR: Emotional scenes were witnessed when a 14-year-old girl who was kidnapped in Karachi four years ago reunited with her parents at Darul Aman here on Sunday.

Umme Habiba who was kidnapped by one Kareeman Bhatti, a resident of Ali Gohar Bhambhro village, burst into tears when she saw her father Iftikhar Bhatti and mother Sajida Bhatti for the first time in four years, bringing tears to the parents’ eyes.

Police had taken action after news about the girl’s kidnapping was aired, arrested Zafar Bhatti, husband of Kareeman Bhatti, and recovered Umme Habiba. She was subsequently produced in court which ordered lodging her in Darul Aman on Oct 26, 2014. The girl remained stuck at the facility as she only remembered that her parents lived in Karachi but did not know proper address of her home.

Six months ago, Justice Salahuddin Panhwar of Sindh High Court Sukkur bench took notice of the girl during his visit of Darul Aman and issued directives to police and other authorities concerned to search out the girl’s relatives.

Sukkur police finally succeeded in locating the girl’s parents in Kati Pahari area in Karachi and brought them Sukkur on Sunday to meet their daughter.

Published in Dawn, November 5th, 2018

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Sameer

Nov 05, 2018 09:04am

If the judge had not intervened...this poor girl would never have had been found. Such is the incompetence of our security apparatus.

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SHAHID SATTAR

Nov 05, 2018 09:14am

Why is it that the police has to wait until a judge finds out that a child abducted can't remember her address and therefore is being denied her return to her family? Isn't it time we brought in personnel in the police who are normal human beings and care for others as follow human beings?

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Iqbal

Nov 05, 2018 10:30am

Hats off to Justice Salahuddin Panhwar ! We need to teach our 5 year old daughters and sons to memorise the home address and home telephone number, just in case ...

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Thinker.

Nov 05, 2018 10:45am

@ Shahid Sattar. Very well said. Normal human beings!

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Sher Jang Gilgit-Baltistan

Nov 05, 2018 10:51am

Well done Pakistan Police Service.

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M1 Jamal

Nov 05, 2018 11:09am

Incompetence at highest level.In this age of digital world of Internet,WhatsApp,facebook and Electronic media, she remain stuckup for four years.Please appoint some competent and knowledgeable people in government services too.

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ALI ASAD NAWAZ MALIK

Nov 05, 2018 11:38am

@SHAHID SATTAR , actually we need normal human beings at the top who make the policies and ensure implementation also. When our elite wants the police to be their personal servants and doesn't want to give such institutions independence couple with accountability, nothing will change.

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Hamed Quraishi

Nov 05, 2018 12:57pm

Police work is improving.

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nobody

Nov 05, 2018 01:33pm

"Police had taken action after news about the girl’s kidnapping was aired, arrested Zafar Bhatti, husband of Kareeman Bhatti, and recovered Umme Habiba." - When Police had taken action on the news of girls kidnapping, how come they were not aware who the parents were? Also when the accused was arrested, what stopped the police to inquire about the kidnapped girl's parents or the area from where the girl was kidnapped from the accused?

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Arshad Khan

Nov 05, 2018 06:53pm

All parents should teach their children to remember the names of all relatives and the address of their residence. Vital information should be imparted to children so that they can remember their street, town, area etc.

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Dr. Sohail

Nov 05, 2018 08:12pm

Very good work by Police. Let this event be a rolling stone to make more efforts to unite the lost ones.

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