
ISLAMABAD, May 9: Pakistani film and television actress Zeba Bakhtiar has alleged that Pakistani and UAE officials won8217;t cooperate with her in her bid to recover her son from the clutches of her husband as she refuses to sleep with them. 8220;People have gone around saying that I should go for just one night and my work will done. I will never do that,8221; she declared.
Zeba is embroiled in a legal battle over the custody of her son, Azan, who was abducted by her husband, singer Adnan Sami Khan, after their marriage fell apart in 1996. The Lahore High Court awarded custody rights to Zeba but Adnan Sami took their son to Dubai in response to the court order.
Zeba says she contacted several people in Dubai for redress. Adnan8217;s father and family were working with the Galadari family who are a major group in Dubai. 8220;They have the support of Latif Galadari, who is a very powerful and influential person. His third wife is from Peshawar. I wanted to meet him because at one point he told me, Yes I have the child8217;.He asked me to come and see him8230;8230;..but when I was told that I would have to meet him alone in a hotel room, I declined,8221; Zeba said in an interview published on Saturday. Zeba spent seven days in front of the Pakistani parliament this year to highlight her case but there was no government action. Instead, one day a 8220;very senior person8221; tried to assault her. 8220;I won8217;t name him. I managed to save myself. The intelligence agencies are aware of this,8221; she says.