Singer-turned-actress Hadiqa Kiani has appreciated the decision of the Sindh High Court (SHC) that allows issuing of identity cards to children of single mothers without their father’s name.
The Boohey Bariyan-singer took to her Instagram and said that only single mothers and fathers can understand the significance of the judgment.
Terming the decision of Sindh High Court as historic, Hadiqa wrote that the Sindh High Court decision reminded her of the interview she gave to Samina Pirzada. The singer said that interview contains only the surface of the harsh realities.
“Only Allah knows the hardships a single mother faces in our country. I’m so grateful to the courageous men and women who fought to make this change. Let’s continue on the right path, let’s make a stronger and safer Pakistan,” Hadiqa wrote.
Hadiqa Kiani has an adopted son named Nad Ali who is now 16 years old. She adopted an infant Nad from the Edhi Foundation when he lost his parents in the 2005 earthquake.
In the 2018 interview with Samina Pirzada, Hadiqa talked about the legal difficulties she had to face after adopting her son, only because she was a single woman. NADRA refused to legalize the adoption and didn’t issue identity documents to her son.
At that point, Hadiqa had already had a failed marriage. But to get her son’s legal documents, Hadiqa remarried a British businessman of Afghan origin. Unfortunately, her second marriage didn’t last either but Hadiqa continued to prioritize the upbringing of her son.
The singer has also faced online bashing and societal criticism over raising an adopted child alone. Many people offer to marry her out of ‘pity’ while others insist she needs a male partner to raise her son right.
With the Sindh High Court’s new law, Hadiqa believes things have turned in a positive direction. On November 21, SHC ruled in the case of a disabled girl in Karachi and directed the National Database Registration Authority (NADRA) to issue identity cards to children of single parents. Earlier, ID cards were only issued if the information of the father or male guardian was provided.
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