MANSEHRA: A young girl who remained without name of her father since her birth some eleven years ago has finally got her family identity through the apex court.

“I am thankful to Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar who took up my case on humanitarian grounds and finally my father accepted me as his daughter,” Dura-i-Adal told mediapersons in Oghi on Thursday. Ms Adal, who was jubilant on the Supreme Court’s ruling in her favour, said her father Munawar Zeb had divorced her mother just three months after their marriage.

“I was delivered at home of my paternal grandfather, but my father didn’t accept me as his daughter since then,” she said.

She said that her grandfather Ali Mohammad had moved the apex court where her father ultimately accepted her as his daughter.

Published in Dawn, January 4th, 2019