On the night of July third, 2025, a younger Christian woman named Adan Sabir, simply 18 years previous, was kidnapped at gunpoint from her aunt’s residence in Chak No. 126 GB Shahr Wa Na, District Faisalabad.
Based on eyewitnesses and the criticism filed by her brother Nashid Masih, the terrifying incident came about round 6:30 PM. A white GLI car and two bikes pulled up outdoors the home. The armed abductors stormed in, shouting threats and demanding the woman be handed over as a result of she had refused to marry the principle accused, Ashley, a married man with three kids.
Adan’s relations, together with her uncle, aunt, and cousin, have been held at gunpoint whereas Ashley and his associates Wesley and Badal, together with one other unidentified armed man, forcibly dragged Adan into the car and sped away, leaving the neighborhood in panic and concern.
An FIR (No. 1252/25) was registered on the native police station. Nonetheless, the case took a twisted flip when the abductors, who additionally belong to the Christian neighborhood, offered a solid Muslim marriage certificates in an try and cowl up the kidnapping and justify their actions.
Adan was quickly produced earlier than the court docket. However what ought to have been a second of fact was clouded in silence and concern. In entrance of the choose, Adan stated nothing. Behind that silence, although, was a risk — her captors had warned her that if she didn’t go together with their story, they’d hurt her brother, Nashid Masih.
With the woman’s obvious compliance, the choose initially dominated in favor of the abductors.
However the household, undeterred and with heavy hearts, challenged the choice within the Excessive Courtroom.
There, a light-weight lastly broke by means of. When Adan was allowed to satisfy her household, the reality poured out. She instructed her mom and relations the whole lot — concerning the threats, the violence, and the concern that had silenced her in court docket.
Due to this breakthrough, the Excessive Courtroom took motion. The choose ordered that the case be reopened, directing Adan to be taken to the Justice of the Peace of Jaranwala for a contemporary assertion and for the beforehand dismissed FIR to be reactivated, permitting for the legal investigation and correct authorized proceedings to maneuver ahead.
RescueHer: Combating for the Unvoiced
This case is one in all many. Throughout Pakistan, Christian and different minority women are being kidnapped, coerced, and silenced — their tales buried below concern, energy, and corruption. However we refuse to let their voices be erased.
By way of Venture RescueHer, ECSPE is dedicated to preventing again — providing authorized support, emergency response, and assist to the persecuted and kidnapped. We is not going to relaxation till justice is served — not only for Adan Sabir, however for each woman who has been stolen, silenced, or forgotten. Justice should rise, even when concern stands in the best way.
