The Indian woman who had been staying at the Indian mission in Islamabad after accusing a Pakistani man of marrying her at gun point, returned to India on Thursday after she was granted permission by the Islamabad High Court to leave.
External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj welcomed Uzma back home, calling her "India's daughter".
"I am sorry for all that you have gone through," Swaraj tweeted.
Uzma, accompanied by Indian mission officials, crossed the Wagah Border near Amritsar this morning.
Uzma, who is in her early 20s, hails from New Delhi and had travelled to Pakistan earlier this month. She has said Tahir Ali, whom she reportedly met in Malaysia and fell in love with, forced her into marrying him in Pakistan on May 3.
Uzma petitioned the court on May 12 requesting it to allow her to return home urgently as her daughter from her first marriage in India suffered from thalassemia - a blood disorder characterised by abnormal hemoglobin production.
A single bench of Justice Mohsin Akhtar Kayani heard both the petitions. After hearing their arguments, he allowed Uzma to return to India.
The court also returned her the immigration papers which she had said was taken away by Ali, who had submitted the documents yesterday after being told by the court to do so.
Uzma arrived in Pakistan on May 1 and travelled to the remote Buner district in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province where she was married to Ali on May 3.
Later she came to Islamabad and took refuge in the Indian High Commission, alleging she was forced to marry him at gun point.
Ali rejected the allegations and expressed his desire to work out their relationship. "She is still my wife. Neither she has asked for divorce nor I have divorced her." According to the law in Pakistan, her lawyer can continue to represent her and she can come back to pursue the case.
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