Two girls seek asylum

Pakistani sisters Asmaa and Fatima speak to News Now.lk about their ordeal to flee from their allegedly abusive parents and their attempt to obtain asylum in Sri Lanka (See more on www.newsnow.lk)

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[alonsomaldonado]

This what many girls suffer in the Middle East...

[MrPoxman]

what a lot of people fail to realize is many of these backward countries are that way because of the people who live there are backward.

[wowovovo]

thats pretty sad what these girls have been through .. i have a friend whose kind of going through the same thing difference is he is a guy but still i dont support parental brutality it is no way to teach a child how to live life its really fuckin stupid

[sleeming88]

I have many friends who were educated in Pakistan and the have American Accents, it was partly due to the school they went to and also then movies that they watched aswell which made them develop an American Accent with their English.

[impishincubus1]

At the moment, we have actually reunited with our parents and we are back in Pakistan, with them. It is extremely joyful for us to have reunited with our parents, and they too are happy to have us back. All they care for now, is our happiness and us to stay a family, irrespective of what we stand for or what they stand for. As for my cousins, who had told us that, my uncle Irfan's little brother had molested them, it turned out, that it was a big hoax on their part.

[impishincubus1]

The statements that were given into the media and the newspapers were handed out by our lawyers and they suggested that we should spread the word as much as possible.

Our parents now accept us for who we are, and are willing to send us to abroad for further education. We no longer need to declare asylum or run away from our parents

[impishincubus1]

There were a lot of misunderstandings, that were created between our parents and us, by our cousins, and some friends. Also there existed, a huge communication gap, which made things worse and worse, which led to us escaping to Sri lanka without a plan. When we reached Sri Lanka , we were further misguided by our lawyers and every step we took, was instructed by our lawyers

[impishincubus1]

To all , this is an update from our side, after a month. We had to keep low for a while, as we in talks with our uncle and were trying to tame things down. After hearing about all that we were going through, our uncle Irfan Malik came forward to help us out. He was constantly in touch with our parents and us, and tried bridging the gap that existed between the us and our parents