ISLAMABAD, Nov 21: The judge of the Islamabad family court, Mohammad Jehangir Mir, on Wednesday rejected the petition, filed by singer Adnan Sami Khan, seeking custody of his son Azan, who is at present living with Zeba Bakhtiar, former wife of the petitioner.

Zeba had obtained the custody of the seven-year-old child after fighting a long legal battle that ended in the Supreme Court.

Soon after divorce, Adnan had taken the child to Dubai and then Canada. The Supreme Court had directed the ministries of interior and foreign affairs to ensure the delivery of the child to the mother. The court had passed the order under the Muslim Family Law Ordinance.

In his latest petition, Adnan Sami Khan had contended that the child had attained the prescribed age limit and that it was in the best interest of the child in terms of his education and growth that he should be given into his custody.

The court, however, observed since Zeba Bakhtiar had obtained the child’s custody from the Supreme Court, the petition could not be entertained.

It may be mentioned that Adnan’s father Arshad Sami Khan has also filed a damages suit to the tune of Rs5 million against Zeba Bakhtiar and her father for allegedly bringing his family into disrepute by levelling baseless allegations.

The case is yet to be decided by another civil court of Islamabad.

JUVENILE RELEASED: The magistrate, Islamabad Sadar, Ajmal Bukhari, on Wednesday ordered the release of a juvenile Mosam Khan, 15, who had been languishing in Adiala jail for the past four months.

The court was approached by a child welfare organization, SACH, through Arif Rehman, advocate.

The lawyer had argued before the court that under the juvenile justice system a child could not be kept under protective custody for more than 24 hours. After hearing arguments, the court ordered release of the boy.

YOUTH CONVICTED: The judicial magistrate, Syed Muzaffar Ali Shah, awarded seven-month imprisonment to a thief Ehtesham, a resident of sector I/9, Islamabad.