On Friday, after the Sindh High Court ordered the child and other suspects in the well-publicized kidnapping case to have their bank accounts frozen and their CNICs barred, Dua Zahra’s husband Zaheer Ahmed asked to have his bank accounts and Computerized National Identity Card (CNIC) restored.
Dua made national headlines when she unexpectedly vanished from Karachi, but it was later revealed that she had fled her house in order to wed Zaheer, who was then 21 years old.
The court granted the motion for an immediate hearing that the defendants, Zaheer and Shabbir, submitted. The petition was set to be heard by a two-member panel presided over by Justice Iqbal Kalhoro.
Asserting that they are being tried in Karachi and face major security threats when attending court sessions, the accused asked the Sindh home department, the Sindh inspector general of police, and other authorities for orders to guarantee them security.
