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and others" Judge" Mianwali District

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o l3E2) wherein the Hon'ble Apex court in similar cirsumstances, laid ) rlown in Para-4 at Fage-1384, the followir-lg principle:- 'ol\odoubt,thattherninonhasbcemlivingwiththepetitioner ever since her trirth but stre is an old lady with weak eye-sight andhartlofxrearing.[tisonrecordthattherninor'sarrnwas fractuned auld due to caretress treatment, her arrn has not been fully recovered. It is also adrnitted by the petitioner in her statement that a school and a mosque are adjacent to her housebu{thenrrinorwasneithenadrnitteci.intheschoo|nor any arrangeinxent was rnade for hen neligious studies' She a|soadmittedfhatneithensfienorlrerhusbandhaslearntthe flo|y Qur'an" ,{s agairasf it, the respoltdent's case is tha-t he andhisparemtwhoownsnilficiemt|andcantalrecareofthe rninor im rnore appropriate nnanmer thaf the petitioner being niatural guandian""

10.In view of the above cliscussion, tliis Court is of the view that allcJ after both the oourts below l-lave very ably appreciated the evidence findings' due appreciation, reached at their conclusion' The concurrent calling for in my l-rumble view, dicl not sllffer any iliegatity or perversity' jurisdiction' It is any interference by this Court while exercising the writ to challenge an further held that collstitutional petition cannot be resorted order on the grouncl that evidence was not properly appreciatecl as jurisdiction findings of, the lacts recorded by the Court of competent cannot be disturbed soleiy on the ground that another view could be

possible on the sartle evidence' The }ligh Court in its constiiutiorral

juriscliction cannot sit as a Court of Appeal' Even otherwise' in the r't'ake

down in of lresh developllents, in terms of facts as well as law laid Para 355 of the Muhammadan Law, the f'ather being natural guardian has

preferential right of custociy of the rrinors' This being so' the instant

petition fails and is dismissed with r-io order as to costs' t , ''''7zl'ml''

(MIR.ZA VIQAS RAUF)

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