A French national was rescued from Bara in Khyber district along with her five children after police received reports that she was allegedly being subjected to domestic abuse, officials said.
According to Capital City Police Officer Dr Mian Saeed, Khyber Police acted on verified information received on June 18 and raided a house in Bara tehsil, where they recovered 54-year-old French citizen Sylvia Yasmina.
Police have registered a case against her Pakistani husband, while further investigation and legal proceedings are underway.
Officials said Sylvia married a Pakistani citizen and had been living in Bara since 2014. She is the mother of five children, one of whom has hearing and speech impairments.
After the raid, police took the woman and her children into protective custody and shifted them to the Women Police Station in Peshawar for safety and further legal action.
In her statement to police, Sylvia alleged that she had faced continuous abuse at the hands of her husband and was not allowed to leave the house.
According to the FIR registered on her complaint, she and her children had been living in extremely difficult conditions since 2014 and had been deprived of their freedom. She also alleged that her husband repeatedly assaulted the family.
Sylvia told police that she and her children had suffered injuries and carried scars from the alleged abuse. She urged authorities to initiate criminal proceedings against her husband, describing him as a violent man who mistreated the family on a daily basis.
Officials said the French national has expressed a desire to return to France. Following her request, Pakistan’s Foreign Office informed the French Embassy, while authorities continue to investigate the case.
