Polish woman reaches IHC to recover child from Pakistani husband

ISLAMABAD: A Polish woman filed a petition in Islamabad High Court (IHC), seeking custody of her child from Pakistani husband, ARY News reported on Saturday.

Anna Monika Wajsk said in the petition that her husband Adeel Khan, a resident of Sindh, allegedly brought their Polish national daughter to Pakistan deceptively without her permission in 2022.

During the proceeding, Islamabad High Court ordered the interior secretary to form a Joint Investigation Team (JIT) to trace the child and her father with the help of Sindh IGP and the home department.

IHC directed that JIT members, trace the location of Adeel Khan by getting his family tree information from National Database & Registration Authority (Nadra).

Additionally, the court ordered authorities to add the names of Adeel Khan and his daughter to the Exit Control List (ECL) and blacklist to stop them leaving the country.

IHC said that according to the Federal Investigation Agency (FIA), Adeel Khan last time landed at Jinnah International Airport Karachi on December 18, 2024, which showed that he is still in the country.

The court adjourned the hearing till January 21.

Earlier, back in 2022, in a similar case, the Islamabad High Court (IHC) gave two Polish mothers custody of two children from their ex-husband from Pakistan.

The IHC’s Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani heard a petition filed by two Polish women married to a Pakistan man namely Saleem Muhammad – a resident of Sialkot.

The high court directed Saleem Muhammad to hand over his son and daughter to their Polish mothers after hearing arguments in the child custody case.

The children’s father apprised the IHC judge that he brought the children to Pakistan with the consent of their mothers, adding that his relationship with his ex-wives had worsened due to religious beliefs as his wives used to take his children to the church.