“Medical reports reveal Dua Zehra is fourteen years old”-Jibran Nasir

Mahnoor Jalal

Mahnoor Jalal

Sub-Editor

Lawyer and activist Jibran Nasir has represented the parents of Dua Zehra, who disappeared from her home on April 16th, and was recovered in Punjab on June 5th where she revealed that she had run away with Zaheer Ahmed and married him. He revealed on Twitter today that the medical boards had reached a conclusion that Dua Zehra was infact a 15 year old girl, and this was a case of kidnapping and child marriage that should encourage the authorities to remove Dua from this environment. Here is his full statement on Twitter

“The Medical Board has verified the truth which Parents have been telling since 2.5 months. As per Board #DuaZehra is nearest to 15 yrs of age negating previous medical report which placed Dua at 17. Thus proven that NADRA documents are accurate & Dua in reality is a 14yr child.
Offences of Kidnapping, Child Marriages & Rape/Sexual Offences all are attracted to a case where girl child is under 16. IGP Sindh should take immediate action to remove current I.O. of case who has been telling media no case of Kidnapping is made & must immediate recover Dua.
AG Sindh told High Court that no case of Kidnapping is made out, Police relied on statement of girl to claim no case of Kidnapping is made out, girl repeatedly told Honorable Courts that she is 18 years of age, today it is proven that all statements were result of inducement.
We need better procedures and training in place both in Police & Judiciary to save our children. For 2.5 months parents suffered moving pillar to post to recover their child while Dua unaware herself was under unimaginable danger while content creators cashed in on this tragedy.”