Messy divorce: Court tells ‘wronged’ Russian woman to approach embassy in Islamabad

The Peshawar High Court has directed a Russian woman, implicated in a theft case by her estranged Pakistani husband, to approach the Russian embassy in Islamabad in order to return to her country.

Christina Petrochinkova, who was renamed Parveen after she embraced Islam, married Charsadda resident Ikramullah in Thailand in 2005. On April 13, 2005, Ikramullah brought Parveen to Pakistan and she obtained Pakistani nationality.

According to Parveen’s lawyer, the couple drifted apart due to domestic disputes and Parveen filed for divorce in a family court in Charsadda. Ikramullah then accused Parveen of stealing Rs1.2 million in cash and 360 grams of gold. He also had an FIR registered against her. Parveen approached the PHC for a pre-arrest bail and requested that an identity card be issued to her as her card had expired. The court granted her bail before arrest.

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