A British woman and her Pakistani uncle, who she married and had a child with, are facing adultery charges under Shariah law in Pakistan.

The woman, a former company director in her thirties, claims she was pressured into the marriage to help her uncle obtain UK documentation.

However, in an exclusive report done by Mail Online, Pakistani prosecutors and clerics have alleged the marriage was voluntary and part of an illegal immigration plot.

The case raises concerns about forced marriages, immigration exploitation, and the severity of Shariah law punishments. International human rights organizations may be monitoring the situation.

This sensitive case highlights the complexities of cultural and legal differences between nations and the potential consequences of transnational relationships.

According to the report, the woman explained that after their wedding in April 2021 she moved into his home in a village in Pakistan for around a month, where she started having sex with him and eventually got pregnant.

The woman, who later returned to the UK alone to have the child, says he has now abandoned her despite promising to help her financially.

“He told me that I would help him in his travel to England and in return he will get a car, home and lot of money and our life would be settled.

“Now he is not bothering about his baby and me. He has tarnished my life and I need help,” the paper quoted her as decried.

After the villagers in Pakistan raised the alarm with the religious authorities, the uncle admitted to marrying his niece in front of local elders and Islamic clerics, according to a police report released to the Mail.
The report said the elders alleged that the “matter behind the whole episode was just to get the entry in United Kingdom through the British Pakistani [bride].”

Citing the report, a legal opinion was sought and obtained from the Department of Prosecution which described the woman and her uncle as “the real culprits”.
It added: “The relationship between maternal uncle and real niece has been revealed, the marriage between them is not permissible in Shariah.

“Establishing marital relations on the basis of such a marriage is forbidden and falls under the category of adultery.”
Meanwhile, under Shariah law, convicted adulterers face being stone to death or lashed.
The report adds: “A case against the accused is being registered for the crimes.”
The uncle went into hiding after being reported and never made it to the UK, but this week he was arrested in Pakistan along with one of the witnesses to the marriage.

Speaking from the family’s semi-detached home in Britain, the woman’s father said: “We have heard what is happening in Pakistan, but we have not heard from her.

“We did not want her to marry him. We did not approve the marriage and we tried to talk her out of it.
“We don’t have anything to do with her anymore and I don’t know where she lives now.”