Pak model disappears in UK after ‘slavery’ claims

Islamabad: A Pakistani model and stage dancer has disappeared in the UK after she arrived in the country on an entertainment visa reserved for performing artists, a media report said.
Rabica Sahar, based in Lahore but originally from Okara, arrived in the UK on September 8 for three months for dance performances at various entertainment venues across the country, Geo News said in the report on Saturday.
She claimed asylum just five days after her arrival, citing “slavery” and “human trafficking” as the reason, a source has confirmed.
On the last day performing in London before moving onto her next show in Manchester, Sahar told her fellow artists that she had decided to stay in the UK and would not return to Pakistan.
According to the Geo News report, Sahar made the asylum request during an inspection raid conducted at the well-known London venue.
Dozens of artists and visitors were present and nothing untoward was found by the immigration inspectors when they conducted the search.