ISLAMABAD, Nov 8: Civil Judge Islamabad, Mohammad Jehangir Mir of the Islamabad family court adjourned on Thursday, hearing of a petition filed on behalf of Adnan Sami Khan for the custody of his son from his ex-wife Zeba Bakhtiyar.

Mr Khan has sought the custody of his seven-year-old son, Azan. Ms Bakhtiar had obtained the custody of the child after a legal battle.

The pop singer took the child to Dubai and then Canada after the divorce.

The Supreme Court had directed the foreign and interior ministries to ensure the delivery of the child to the mother.

In his petition, Mr Khan contended that the child had attained the prescribed age and that it was in the best interest of the child to be given to his father.

The court will take up the case on Monday.

Mr Khan’s father Arshad Sami Khan, a former ambassador, had also filed a damage suit of Rs5 million against Zeba and her father, the former attorney-general, Yahya Bakhtiyar.

Juvenile sentenced: The district and sessions judge, Islamabad, Farooq Sheikh, as presiding officer of the Juvenile court on Thursday, awarded two years rigorous imprisonment to a juvenile for trying to smuggle 4kg of hashish from NWFP to Punjab.

He was also awarded a fine of Rs3,000. In case of default in payment of the amount, he will have to undergo one month’s simple imprisonment in addition.

The boy was caught by the Turnol police during a routine checking of vehicles coming from NWFP on the GT Road and seized contraband from his possession.