The girls, aged 14 and identified as Aafia, Alisha, and Aiman, are cousins who had set out in search of a better future.

The girls arrived at the Lahore railway station with plans to travel to Karachi before heading to South Africa.

Their journey, however, was cut short when a duty constable discovered them abandoned in the main porch of the station and took them into protective custody.

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Upon interrogation, the girls disclosed their intentions to leave home for a brighter future.

Their guardians had already filed a missing person report at the Police Station Kot Mubarak in Dera Ghazi Khan, prompting the railway police to act swiftly.