Dua Zahra's father moves Supreme Court against SHC's decision.

Dua Zahra's father, Mehdi Kazmi, Saturday moved the Supreme Court against Sindh High Court (SHC's) decision allowing the teenager - who had mysteriously gone missing from Karachi in April but later declared that she had run away from her home to marry 21-year-old Zaheer Ahmed - to decide where she wants to go, with her parents or husband.

On June 8, the SHC allowed Dua to decide if she wants to go with her parents or her husband. "In light of all the evidence, this is not a case of kidnapping," said the three-page written order by Justice Junaid Ghaffar.

"...the alleged/minor Dua E Zahra Kazmi, pursuant to her statement on Oath and Age Certificate is set at liberty to...

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