The Lahore High Court (LHC) has intervened to protect an Indian woman, formerly Sikh, now known as Noor, from what she called persistent police pressure. Justice Farooq Haider ruled that officers must stop harassing her and her husband, Nasir Hussain.
According to the petition filed by Noor and her Pakistani husband, the couple said that on 8 November, police raided their house in Farooqabad (Sheikhupura District) without legal authority. They claim the officers demanded she annul her marriage, citing her former religion as a basis for interference.
Noor traveled to Pakistan with a Sikh pilgrims’ group but later chose to embrace Islam on her own . She then married Hussain on 5 November, in a ceremony where he paid a dower of Rs 10,000. In her sworn statement before a judicial magistrate, Noor affirmed that she had converted and married freely, without coercion.
Lawyers for the couple argued that the police actions violate fundamental rights. They cited the Constitution, saying the state is legally bound to protect their life and marital liberty.
The petition named multiple high-level officials, including Punjab’s Inspector General of Police, district police officers from Sheikhupura and Nankana Sahib, and local station house officers, as respondents.
In its order, the LHC directed that authorities must not interfere further in the couple’s private life. The court emphasised that conversion and marriage were personal choices, and the police must act strictly within legal bounds.
Noor’s case comes amid heightened sensitivity: thousands of Sikh pilgrims had entered Pakistan earlier this month to mark Guru Nanak’s birth anniversary, and she reportedly separated from the group to marry Hussain.
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