SHC not a forum to grant wishes, court tells Azhar seeking Arzoo's custody.

KARACHI -- Sindh High Court released Friday its verdict on petitions submitted for the guardianship of newly convert minor Arzoo Fatima while it declines the request by her husband seeking her custody, media reported.

The court noted minor Fatima's father presented his case facts with documented evidence and asserted the court's forum was not to grant people their wishes, in an evident reference to Ali Azhar's appeal to the court seeking to reunite with minor Fatima following controversial marriage.

The court categorically denied the pleas by Azhar Ali and said if the applicant seeks to object to the ruling, they may approach the right forums for it.

It noted that with a violation of the Child Marriage Act already committed, the court shall not entertain any such prayers in the follow-up.

In the hearing today, however, the shelter home, where minor Arzoo's custody was sanctioned, also brought her who upon court's inquiry wished to get back with her alleged abductor-turned-husband Azhar.

Earlier last month the counsel of Ali Azhar, a...