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| Missing Child : Gull-Jabeen Ali |
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| bismilla |
| 10/03/02 at 07:53:57 |
| [slm] [center] [img]http://www.suntimes.co.za/2002/09/29/news/durban/97-d29kida.jpg[/img] [url=http://www.suntimes.co.za/2002/09/29/news/durban/97-d29kida.jpg]Source of Story[/url] [font=comic SANS ms][color=green][u]Please find my little girl![/u][/center] [i]Mom is an 'emotional wreck' after her daughter was abducted to Pakistan - BUDDY NAIDU[/i] THE last time Gamiedah Nadeem saw her seven-year-old daughter was when she waved goodbye to her in April. Gull-Jabeen Ali, a Grade 1 pupil from Mayfair, Johannesburg, is believed to have been abducted by her father and taken to Pakistan. Nadeem, 31, divorced her Pakistani husband, Asif Ali, 35, in 1997 and was granted sole custody by the Johannesburg High Court. But a bitter row ensued over access to the child, and her ex-husband was granted visitation rights. On April 12, Gull-Jabeen left for a two-week holiday in Cape Town to visit her father and did not return. On the day she was due to come home, she was flown to Singapore on a fake passport and then caught a connecting flight to Lahore, Pakistan. According to an e-mail Nadeem received from Singapore Airlines, her daughter was escorted by a man known only as S Ahmed. In the meantime, Gull-Jabeen's father disappeared and police believe he may be living with his second wife, a Pakistani national, in London. According to the police, Interpol in England are searching for the couple. "I have become an emotional wreck and cry myself to sleep each night," said Nadeem. "The thought of my only daughter living in a strange land surrounded by strangers eats me up. I will not rest until I get my daughter back." Gull-Jabeen is believed to be living with her father's family in a village in Chakdariya in the Jhellum district. "I know where she is, but I have no idea how to get her back. No treaty exists between SA and Pakistan and the law there is extremely strict and does not take the views of women into consideration." Nadeem, who re-married in 1999, visited Pakistan in May but was unable to track down her daughter. It is not the first time Gull-Jabeen - who turned seven on May 25 - has been to Pakistan. Ali took her there in July 1997 and left her with his family. But Nadeem went to court and Gull-Jabeen returned to South Africa four months later. "It was easy at the time because my ex-husband was still in South Africa. Now I cannot do anything. He always threatened that he'd never let her grow up with me. My little baby is gone and I don't know who else to turn to for assistance." In July Nadeem appeared on the Felicia show on e.tv to highlight the plight of parents of missing children. A week before the pre-recorded show was screened, she was shot in the abdomen. "I can only guess that my ex-husband got wind that I would be appearing on the show and probably assumed that it was going to be recorded live. A Pakistani man came to my home and tricked me into believing he was a friend of my [current] husband, who was not at home at the time. "While I was taking down his details, he pulled out a gun a fired off three shots, one of which hit me in my stomach." Nadeem opened a case of abduction at the Athlone police station in Cape Town after her daughter's disappearance. Senior Superintendent Mary Martins-Engelbrecht said that Interpol were assisting the police in the hunt for Ali. "If he were to resurface in South Africa, he will be arrested for violating a court order. A comprehensive report by Interpol has already been forwarded to the investigating officer," she said. Western Cape police spokesman Inspector Elliot Siyangana, said the matter had also been referred to the Pakistani police. "We have yet to receive a response from them," he said. [/font][/color] |
| Re: Missing Child : Gull-Jabeen Ali |
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| bismilla |
| 10/03/02 at 08:04:19 |
| [slm] bsm I am not sure if this is the correct forumn in which to post this... I am not even sure if it will help at all to even post it...i just felt so powerless reading that story and i guess i just hope Insha Allah that someone..anyone... can help this mother get her child back. The sad part about it is that she's with neither her mother nor her father. Wot does one do in a situation like this? :( |
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