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'Pakistan is a well of death', says Uzma Ahmed after returning to India

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Sharing her ordeal of living in Pakistan, she said, 'it is easy to go, but tough to retu rn' "Pakistan is like a well of death", said Uzma Ahmed , the Indian woman repatriated to the country from Pakistan where she was allegedly forced and duped into marrying against her choice. "I am an orphan. I am an adopted child and have nobody," Uzma told reporters in New Delhi, hours after she crossed into India through the Wagah border, a day after the Islamabad High Court permitted her to travel home. The woman broke down several times and said "it is easy to go, but tough to return", sharing her ordeal of living in Pakistan with media. "They could have sold me or used me in a risky operation," she said about a family in Buner, Pakistan. Uzma said she was not the only woman duped into marrying a man from Buner. "There may be lots of girls in Buner. Buner people are mostly in Malaysia and they get girls from Malaysi...

Was forced to marry Pakistan man at gunpoint: Indian woman

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She also claimed that her immigration documents were snatched A 20-year-old Indian woman , who approached the Indian High Commission in Islamabad with a request to repatriate her, on Monday alleged that she was forced to marry a Pakistani citizen on gunpoint, marking a new turn in the case. Uzma filed a plea with an Islamabad court against her husband Tahir Ali alleging that she was being harassed and intimidated by him. She also recorded her statement before a magistrate. She also claimed that her immigration documents were snatched, according to Geo News reported. Read this: India exaggerating CPEC concerns: Chinese media Uzma said she does not want to leave the Indian High Commission premises till she could safely travel back to India. According to reports, Uzma's husband met her in the High Commission this morning but he was not present in the court. The Pakistani High Commission in New Delhi said that the immigration documents state that Uz...