Islamabad, April 19: Three Pakistani Hindu women, who had married Muslim men after 'converting' to Islam, opted to live with their husbands on Wednesday following the supreme court's decision they should be free to decide what they want to do and which religion to opt for.
The apex court was hearing a Pakistan Hindu Council's petition that alleged that the three - Faryal (Rinkle Kumari ), Hafsa Bibi (Dr Lata) and Haleema Bibi (Asha Kumari ) - were forced to convert to Islam. The three recorded their statements, saying they would prefer their husbands over their families.
Earlier, chief justice Iftikhar Muhammad Chaudhry led three-member bench said that three were old enough to make decisions themselves.
It also asked the police to provide security to them. "In case of any harm faced by the girls, the police officials will be blamed for negligence.'' The SC had earlier sent Rinkle and Lata to a shelter home in Karachi for three weeks to decide without about their future without any pressure.
Earlier, Rinkle had said she was neither kidnapped, nor converted or married forcibly but did everything of her free will. But her family had alleged she was abducted and forced to convert and marry.
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