Indian national Uzma has safely returned to India from Pakistan today. Uzma has alleged that she was forced to marry a Pak national on gunpoint. She thanked External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj and Deputy High Commissioner in Islamabad, J P Singh for her safe return. <br/><br/>Talking to media in New Delhi, Uzma said when she reached Wagah border, took a sigh of relief on returning to her country. External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj thanked Uzma for believing in the Indian High Commission. <br/><br/>Mrs Swaraj also thanked the Interior and Foreign Ministries of Pakistan for extending all possible assistance in securing return of Uzma. Earlier, the External Affairs Minister met family members of Uzma. <br/><br/>Uzma, who is a resident of New Delhi, is believed to have met Tahir Ali in Malaysia. She was forced into marrying him in Pakistan on 3rd of this month when she was visiting that country. <br/><br/>She petitioned the court on May 12, requesting it to allow her to return home urgently as her daughter from her first marriage in India suffering from thalassaemia.
News On AIR | May 25, 2017 6:00 PM
Indian national Uzma, forced to marry in Pak, returns home