ISLAMABAD, Dec 31: A Bangladeshi woman has appealed to the authorities concerned to make arrangements for her repatriation.

Talking to Dawn, at the office of City Magistrate, Islamabad, Farasat Ali Khan, Pukkhi (24) appealed to the Bangladesh’s ambassador in Pakistan to assist in her return.

She had been brought to the magistrate’s office to get her statement recorded by the president of Progressive Women Association (PWA), Shehnaz Bukhari.

Narrating her ordeal, Ms Pukkhi said her parents died when she was eight. After that she was sheltered by a kind person who had nine children.

At 14, she met Saleem who brought her to Pakistan along with 25 other women on the pretext of providing housemaid jobs. Instead, he sold them in Karachi, Lahore and other cities.

Ms Pukkhi said her group was stopped at the border by the Pakistani guards, and only allowed to enter after they ‘pleased’ them on the orders of Saleem.

“After coming to Pakistan, I was taken to Karachi and sold for Rs15,000 to a person named Jabbar, who later married me without my consent,” she added.

Later, she was brought to Shahdra village in Islamabad. She remained with Jabbar for a decade and had three sons. The eldest son was nine-year-old while the other two were four and two.

Ms Pukkhi complained that her married life was a miserable one as she was treated like an animal and beaten daily by her husband and mother-in-law.

“I tried to commit suicide by jumping into a river, but, was saved by some people,” she said with tears in her eyes.”Later, I somehow managed to escape, and sought refuge with the PWA.”

Ms Pukkhi told the magistrate that she wanted to go back to her country so that she could lead a peaceful life.

The PWA president, Shehnaz Bukhari, told reporters said had contacted some NGOs in Bangladesh for Ms Pukkhi’s repatriation.