KARACHI, June 24(ABC): The Supreme Court Karachi registry on Friday issued a written verdict in the Dua Zahra case, stating that the Sindh High Court’s ruling will not hinder the process of the formation of a medical board for another ossification test on the teenager if so desired by her parents.
The SHC had allowed teenager Dua Zahra — who made headlines across the country after she had mysteriously disappeared from Karachi in April but later declared that she had run away from her home to marry 21-year-old Zaheer Ahmed — to decide whom she wants to live with: her parents or husband.
Unsatisfied with the court’s ruling, Zahra’s father Mehdi Kazmi submitted a petition to the top court pleading for an immediate hearing of his plea. He termed the SHC decision “faulty”.
However, the SC wrapped up the case after Kazmi withdrew his plea upon the court’s directive to approach a relevant forum for the formation of medical board to determine Zahra’s age.
Today, the apex court issued the written verdict authored by Justice Sajjad Ali Shah that stated that the petitioner is allowed to challenge the report of the ossification test performed as per the high court’s order.
“The petitioner has the right to challenge the medical report,” the verdict said.
