Dua, Nimra, Dinar’s disppearance cases expose dysfunctional family relationships

Drop scene as the three young girls, Dua Zehra, Nimra Kazmi and Dinar, were found safe and sound with almost the same stories of marrying at their own will after fleeing from their homes in Karachi to different cities of Punjab.

The back-to-back incidents of young girls fleeing from their homes have exposed the dysfunctional family relationships in Pakistan, whereas, an alleged online gaming app, PUBG, turned out to be a crucial part of connecting the girls with others.

It emerged that all three girls had befriended fellow players during PUBG online game before fleeing from their homes to marry them.

Dua Zahra, who went missing from the Malir area of Karachi, was taken into custody by the police from Pakpattan. Yesterday, Karachi police had shared the marriage certificate of Dua Zahra with Lahore police, after which Lahore police started an investigation.

According to police sources, one of the witnesses namely Asghar Ali mentioned his Haveli Lakha address. The witness was reportedly arrested by Okara police.

Police has released the footage of #duazahra and her alleged husband Zaheer Ahmed at DPO office Okara https://t.co/wLiItNEmbs pic.twitter.com/fHbnihgSK4

— Mubashir Zaidi (@Xadeejournalist) April 26, 2022

Police sources added that when Asghar Ali was questioned, he said that both Dua and her husband Zaheer had come to him and are now in Pakpattan.

Following Asghar Ali’s statement, police raided the house of a landlord in Pakpattan from where Dua and her husband Zaheer were taken into custody. According to sources, Zaheer was staying at his uncle’s residence.

Meanwhile, Dua Zahra filed a harassment suit against her father in the local court. Dua and Zaheer had got married on April 17 while the petition was filed on April 19. In the petition, Dua Zahra asked her father to forcedly enter her house in Lahore, further alleging that her father wanted to forcedly marry her to her cousin Zainul Abidin.

Dua Zehra had also accused her father and cousin of trying to kidnap her, saying that on April 18, father Mehdi Kazmi and cousin Zainul Abidin suddenly broke into the house and during that time father and cousin shouted at me and my husband and threatened them.

Dua said that her father and cousin had tried to abduct me from my house but when the people of the neighbourhood gathered, their abduction bid failed.

Dua took the stance that she did a free-will marriage and she was living a happy life with her husband. She also demanded the authorities take criminal action against her father and cousin. The judicial magistrate summoned Zehra on May 18 to produce evidence against her father.

Fourteen-year-old Dua Zehra Kazmi was apparently abducted around four days ago , listen what she has to say pic.twitter.com/OZyIvYg6Vm

— Shahab Zuberi (@zuberishahab) April 26, 2022

Zehra’s Zaheer Ahmed said that he got into contact with Dua through the PUBG game. Zaheer Ahmed said in a statement that he is a resident of Lahore and they stayed in touch for years. Zaheer Ahmed said that Dua Zahra came from Karachi by herself via a rented car and messaged him outside her house.

Zaheer Ahmed said that his family members were ready for marriage, and they also wanted the family members of Dua to agree but they did not give a positive answer to them. He added that their refusal led them to go for a free-will marriage. Ahmed further said that he has just passed FSC and applied for admission at a university for graduation.

Yesterday, a video statement of Dua Zahra came out in which Dua Zahra said that she came from the house of her own choice. She alleged that her family members were trying to force me to marry someone else. She also complained about being subjected to torture by her parents.

“No one kidnapped me, I came here of my own choice nor I have brought any valuables from my house. My family is telling wrong age of me as I am 18. I had done court marriage with Zaheer Ahmed and I was not forced by anyone, hence, I should not be bothered anymore. I am very happy with my husband here.”

Mehdi Kazmi’s statement

On the other hand, Mehdi Kazmi, the father of Dua Zahra, while demanding to bring his daughter to Karachi, said that she should be handed over to the child protection unit. Speaking at a press conference in Karachi today, the parents said that their daughter may have been blackmailed by making videos because Dua’s video looked very scary.

Her father says she is 14.. #DuaZehraKazmi pic.twitter.com/MqbEXcpnPh

— NO ONE 🙃 (@whatsupmuzamil) April 26, 2022

He said that he got married in 2005 and how can her daughter turn 18 years old now. He detailed that Dua’s date of birth was April 27, 2008, whereas, he also presented her birth certificate, B form and passport before the media.

Nimra Kazmi

A video statement of Nimrah Kazmi, who went missing from the Saudabad area of Karachi, has also surfaced on Monday which was reportedly released by her lawyer. She also said that she had married of her own will on April 18 and nobody had abducted her.

Missing girl from Karachi Nimra Kazmi, in her confessional statement
I have married on my own will. She further appealed to remove her videos from social media platforms.#NimraKazmi#DuaZehra @TimesofKarachi pic.twitter.com/VfKYXbvyqK

— Aalishan mohammad (@maalishan) April 25, 2022

Nimrah said that she is very happy and that all of the videos should be removed from the media. In addition, a video of Nimrah’s marriage certificate also surfaced on social media in which she is telling the nikahkhawan that she is 18-years-old while in another video she can also be seen with her husband, Najeeb Shahrukh.

This is the video of Nimra Kazmi the girl who went missing as per the family but she went from her own will & got married today with the person name Najeeb from DI Khan. #NimraKazmi #DuaZehra pic.twitter.com/6xapm1U5Gx

— Malik Ali Raza (@MalikAliiRaza) April 25, 2022

Police sources said that the couple had contacted each other through PUBG online game.

Another video of Nimra Kazmi of her Nikkah she is 18 years old she is saying in the video. She said I was engaged with my fiancé Najeeb but my parents were forcing me to marry with an old man that’s why I ran away.#Dua #DuaZehra #recoverduazehra #recoverdua #nimrakazmi #nimra pic.twitter.com/zbcljo0HHM

— Ali Haider ➐ (@alihyderkhan137) April 25, 2022

Dinar

In addition, it was revealed that the third missing girl from Karachi, 25-year-old Dinar, has also tied the know with a boy, namely Asad Abbas in Vehari.

According to the police, Dinar was reported missing from his house on April 22.