Islamabad: Uzma Jan, an Indian who was allegedly forced to marry a Pakistani man, Tahir Ali, has been allowed to return to India by the Islamabad High Court.

Magistrate Salman Amjad Siddique ordered Pakistan’s Interior Ministry to secure Uzma’s travel back to India.

According to sources, Uzma — whose visa will expire on May 30 — will be deported to India on Thursday.

Uzma, a doctor, had requested the court to allow her to return to India and said she was forced to marry Ali at gunpoint.

She had taken refuge at the Indian High Commission in Islamabad earlier this month and asked to be repatriated to India after she came to know that he was already married and had four children.

She said Ali had deceived her and accused him of stealing her passport and other travel documents.

The High Court on Wednesday said Uzma can go to her country and the case will be processed in her absence.

An Islamabad High Court bench, headed by Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani, returned to Uzma her original immigration form, which Ali had submitted to the court on Tuesday.

The court also ordered that police provide security to her until the Wagah Border Crossing.

According to Dunya news, Uzma had filed a plea in court saying she had to travel to India to attend to her daughter, who was suffering from thalassaemia. Justice Kayani granted her permission after considering her daughter’s medical report.

Meanwhile, Ali asked to meet Uzma in private. Justice Kayani said they could meet in his chamber, however, Uzma refused to meet him.

The judge then said if Uzma didn’t want to meet Ali, she shouldn’t have to.

Uzma also fainted in court during the hearing and paramedics were called in.

In a six-page reply to the court, Uzma had said that she was made to sign the nikah document with a gun pointed at her head.

She alleged that she was also threatened with being killed, harassed and badly humiliated.

Uzma, who belongs to New Delhi, and Ali fell in love in Malaysia, after which she travelled to Pakistan on May 1 via the Wagah border and the two got married on May 3, he has told the court.