The Hindu : Pak. court sets free film actress

Online edition of India's National Newspaper
Monday, Jun 09, 2003

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Pak. court sets free film actress

Islamabad June 8. A Pakistan court has freed a film actress from protective custody after she accused her parents of levelling false allegations of her alleged attempts to marry a Hindu boy to cover up their attempts to force her into ``immoral'' activities.

Noor, was set free by the Lahore District and Sessions Court on Saturday. She was earlier ``freed'' from the house detention and sent to a protective custody in a welfare centre.

Noor, whose real name was Sara Bokhari has alleged that her parents Shahid Hussain Bokhari and Mumtaz Bokhari have been enjoying her earnings from the films for 14 years.

But they attempted to forces her to earn money by ``other means'' as her income fell due fall in her film contracts.

She was forcibly detained by her parents at home after she refused to oblige them. She accused them of threatening murder and disfigure her, The Nation quoted her as telling the court.

Her parents, however, denied the charge and accused her of attempting to marry a Hindu boy in Dubai.

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