Aaj TV English News - Pakistan https://english.aaj.tv/ Aaj TV English en-Us Copyright 2026 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:12:25 +0500 Fri, 12 Jun 2026 08:12:25 +0500 60 SHC orders police to recover and shift 13-year-old Arzoo to a shelter home https://english.aaj.tv/news/30247105/ <p><strong>A Sindh High Court (SHC) judge on Monday had ordered police to recover Arzoo — a 13-year-old Christian girl who was allegedly abducted, forcibly converted, and forcefully married to a Muslim man. The police were also asked to shift the minor to a shelter home till the next hearing, revealed Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari.</strong> </p> <p>"The judge has ordered the girl to be recovered by police and relevant agencies and shifted to a shelter home. [The] next hearing fixed for Thursday morning [November 5]. My lawyer has informed the court that an intervener will be filed on my behalf," she said on Twitter.</p> <figure class='media w-full w-full media--stretch media--uneven media--embed '> <div class='media__item media__item--twitter '> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/ShireenMazari1/status/1323127928834711552?s=20"></a> </blockquote></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Source: Twitter</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> <p>Jibran Nasir — who is part of the legal team fighting the case on behalf of Arzoo's parents — also confirmed the development. In a tweet, he said:</p> <blockquote> <p>"Today Sindh High Court ordered that #Arzoo be immediately recovered by Sindh Police [and] produced before Court on 5th Nov [and] in the interim be admitted in shelter home [and] it also noted that issues to be addressed are her age, was she forcibly converted [and] was her marriage legal."</p> </blockquote> <figure class='media w-full w-full media--stretch media--uneven media--embed '> <div class='media__item media__item--twitter '> <blockquote class="twitter-tweet" lang="en"> <a href="https://twitter.com/MJibranNasir/status/1323128052956700675?s=20"></a> </blockquote></div> <figcaption class="media__caption ">Source: Twitter</figcaption> </figure> <p> </p> A Sindh High Court (SHC) judge on Monday had ordered police to recover Arzoo — a 13-year-old Christian girl who was allegedly abducted, forcibly converted, and forcefully married to a Muslim man. The police were also asked to shift the minor to a shelter home till the next hearing, revealed Minister for Human Rights Shireen Mazari.

"The judge has ordered the girl to be recovered by police and relevant agencies and shifted to a shelter home. [The] next hearing fixed for Thursday morning [November 5]. My lawyer has informed the court that an intervener will be filed on my behalf," she said on Twitter.

Source: Twitter

Jibran Nasir — who is part of the legal team fighting the case on behalf of Arzoo's parents — also confirmed the development. In a tweet, he said:

"Today Sindh High Court ordered that #Arzoo be immediately recovered by Sindh Police [and] produced before Court on 5th Nov [and] in the interim be admitted in shelter home [and] it also noted that issues to be addressed are her age, was she forcibly converted [and] was her marriage legal."

Source: Twitter

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