SUKKUR, Nov 29: The Sindh High Court, Sukkur circuit bench, has allowed a young girl Roshan to marry the man of her choice, Rafiq Rajpar, and to live with him. The court also allowed her sister Zamiran Rajper to live with them as both the sisters had left their home in Kandhra to marry of their own will.

Both the sisters were sent to the Sukkur Darul Amman and they were produced in the court.

After hearing the points of view of the two sisters, the court allowed Roshan Ara to marry Rafiq Rajper and Zamiran was also allowed to live with them till her marriage.

KIDNAPPED: A young housemaid Perveen, daughter of Ghulam Qadir Mirani, was kidnapped by a group of armed men in Rohri on Tuesday.

She used to work in a house along with her grandmother. When she came out of the house, armed men in a car said to her grandmother that she was wanted in a theft case and we are taking her to police station.— BoC

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