ISLAMABAD
\nPakistani woman Sumaira Rehman, along with her minor daughter Sana Fatima returned to Pakistan Sunday after spending four imprisoned years in India\u2019s Bangalore\u2019s jail.
\nRevelations, as per media reports were made by PML-N senator Irfan Siddiqui, who had earlier stated that Indian authorities had completed all the formalities for Sumaira\u2019s release.
\nOn Sunday, Sumaira and her daughter were handed over to Pakistani authorities by Indian authorities at the Wagah border. Pakistani High Commission officials accompanied Sumaira from Bangalore to Wagah border.
\nA woman of Pakistani origin, Sumaira was settled in Qatar. In 2017, she married an Indian Muslim man named Mohammad Shahab against the consent of her parents. Shahab took her to India where the couple settled down.
\nHowever, after her visa expired she was sent to jail along with her husband. Later, the Indian authorities released her husband but kept her in jail, where she gave birth to a baby girl.
\nIn 2018, the Pakistani High Commission was given consular access to Sumaira. The high commission staff after meeting her wrote a letter to the MoI in Islamabad to confirm her nationality. However, the letter was ignored by the ministry.
\nSumaira spent four years in Indian jail. She also paid a fine of one million Indian rupees to the government of India, which she collected from donations. Later, the Indian authorities put her in a detention centre.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
ISLAMABAD Pakistani woman Sumaira Rehman, along with her minor daughter Sana Fatima returned to Pakistan Sunday after spending four imprisoned years in India\u2019s Bangalore\u2019s jail. Revelations, as per media reports were made by PML-N senator Irfan Siddiqui, who had earlier stated that Indian authorities had completed all the formalities for Sumaira\u2019s release. On Sunday, Sumaira […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-251703","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-world"},"yoast_head":"\n