Lost Bride Surfaces at Women’s Shelter

A young bride who disappeared two days after a court sanctioned her contested “love marriage” is safe and living at a women’s shelter, the shelter director said. Saima Wahid, 22, came to the shelter in Rawalpindi seeking refuge, Syeda Rehman said by telephone. “She’s fine and safe, but she doesn’t want to see anybody,” Rehman said. Wahid disappeared shortly after she reported having been threatened by relatives. In a statement carried by several English-language newspapers, she said she wants to make peace with her family and live with her husband.