The judicial magistrate (east) Monday rejected the request of the investigation officer (IO) for the medical examination of Dua Zehra, reported 24NewsHD TV channel.

The investigation officer sought time from the judicial magistrate for the submission of the interim challan.

The judicial magistrate directed the investigation officer to submit the interim challan on August 6 next.

Earlier, Zaheer Ahmed, the main accused in Dua Zehra abduction case, along with his brother Shabbir appeared before the Additional District and Sessions Court (East) on Monday.

The court had also issued orders for the production of Dua Zehra too.

It had also reserved the judgement on request for the medical examination of Dua Zehra which it pronounced on Monday.

It merits a mention here that Dua Zehra had gone missing from Karachi a few months ago, and she had later been found married to a boy named Zaheer in Punjab.

Parents of the girl had filed a petition in court against her alleged abduction and underage marriage.

Reporter: Mumtaz Jamali