Released from Amritsar jail, Pakistani sisters leave Attari with mixed feelings

Amritsar, November 2 : Their prayers were answered after 11 long years as the two Pakistani sisters, along with the India-born daughter of one of them, left for Pakistan via the Attari border on Thursday afternoon. The sisters, who were arrested at Attari in 2006 for carrying drugs, were released from Amritsar jail in the morning. Fatima and Mumtaz, along with mother Rashida Bibi, were arrested at the Attari railway station on May 8, 2006, when they were on their way to Muzaffarnagar in Uttar Pradesh to meet their maternal uncles.The three women were sentenced to 10 years and told to pay Rs 4 lakh in fine. Fatima, who was pregnant at the time, gave birth to Heena in jail the same year. Rashida Bibi died of ill health in 2008. Heena had been staying in jail with mother Fatima and aunt Mumtaz.Local lawyer Navjot Kaur Chabba fought the legal battle for them and even approached the PMO in September this year.