ISLAMABAD: The Chief Justice of Pakistan Mian Saqib Nisar on Friday took notice of alleged women trafficking in Rawalpindi and Islamabad. The chief justice directed the Inspector General of Police of Punjab and Islamabad to submit their reports befrore the top court within three days. The notice was taken on a news story published in a section of the media under the headline “Women trafficking in twin cities goes on unchecked” and a column “Sub Gongay Kyun Ho Gaey” narrating the story of a 40-year-old woman, mother of three hailing from Rawalpindi, who was sold to different hands and reached Afghanistan. Her abductors demanded Rs300,000/- to return the lady while the police admitted that it couldn’t do anything in this situation. The news report further revealed that innumerable women from Pakistan were sold to Afghanistan by an organised gang of more than 150 members, through fake marriage deeds. It has also been reported that in many cases the women were used for sex slavery according to the press statement issued from the office of the top court’s spokesperson. The news report divulged that the FIR of a 40-year old woman was registered on January 1, 2017 at Airport Police Station, Rawalpindi, but in vain as the police was using conventional delaying tactics. The husband of the abducted woman, received a phone call of an agent from Afghanistan who demanded Rs.300,000/- to release her wife otherwise he would sell her to someone else. Her husband being a daily wager, who hardly feeds his kids, could not manage such a huge amount to bring his kids’ mother back. The story further revealed that the agent paid Rs.50,000/- to her husband and she was told that she would be back to Pakistan in 15 days. But when she told the reality to the Afghan handlers that she was married and having kids, the Afghan agent held her as captive and now he was demanding Rs.300,000/- from Pakistani agents to cover his losses. The news story further stated that Khanna Pull, Fauji Colony, Chuhr, Kohinoor Mills area in Rawalpindi city are the hub of this gang. There are more than 150 members of this gang who apparently work under the guise of matchmakers. They used to track poor families having grown-up girls, bring some matches and offer a handsome amount of money to them. Once the parents agreed they sold them either in Afghanistan or to any one in the country. Moreover the gang has sold many Pakistani girls in Afghanistan or Afghan girls in Pakistan, to the old villagers through fake Nikah solemnised by a Nikah registrar, usually the prayer leader of a big mosque in the same vicinity for a commission of Rs.5,000/- per Nikah, the press statement further said. An aged Pakistan national lady residing in Swabi leads the gang’s activities in Afghanistan. She takes the girls with her to Jalalabad and sells them to Afghan agents. The gang keeps on changing their houses so as not be traced by their previous preys, it added.