Pakistani woman moves court against Chinese husband

LAHORE – A Pakistani woman on Wednesday approached a Punjab court to revoke her nikah with her Chinese husband.

Rabeea, who tied the knot with Zhang Su Chan earlier this year, ran away from China after reportedly being tortured by her husband.

She has now filed a case for dissolution of her marriage at the court of senior civil judge Shabana Hameed in Gujranwala.

In her petition, the woman maintained that after she went to her husband’s home in China, he subjected her to torture.

However, she approached the police through Pakistani Embassy and succeeded in returning to Gujranwala with the help of the police.

The case comes to light amid an ongoing clamp down against alleged sex trafficking racket of Chinese nationals in Pakistan.

In an intelligence-based operation on Wednesday, the human trafficking cell of Federal Investigation Agency (FIA) recovered three Pakistani women and detained 14 Chinese nationals who were allegedly involved in the trafficking of Pakistani women on the false pretext of marriages.

According to media reports, one of the girls who was recovered by FIA is underage and revealed that she had married a Chinese man who pretended to be Muslim on the internet but later she found out that the man is atheist.

Weapons, Chinese passports, illicit medicines and gold ornaments among others were also recovered during the raid.

The Chinese embassy had also reacted on the reports of the cross-national marriages saying: “Chinese laws and regulations strictly prohibited cross-national matchmaking centres and we hope that the public does not believe in misleading information and work together to safeguard China-Pakistan friendship”.

Chinese laws and regulations strictly prohibit cross-national matchmaking centers. China is cooperating with Pakistani law enforcement agencies to crack down on illegal matchmaking centers.
Statement by the Spokesperson of the Chinese Embassy in Pakistan:https://t.co/ZukUBdkuzv pic.twitter.com/4Uw3xSprfY

— Chinese Emb Pakistan (@CathayPak) April 13, 2019

At least 27 Chinese nationals have been arrested so far in the ongoing crackdown launched by the FIA.