A deaf and mute Indian woman, whoin advertently strayed into Pakistan at least 12 years ago, is desperate to return home to her parents.   

The woman -- whom leading Pakistani rights activist Bilqees Edhi has christened Geeta as no one knows her real name -- apparently entered the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore on a train from India. She was found by police and sent to a state-run shelter.   

However, Geeta's inability to communicate caused a lot of frustration and she was moved from one welfare home to another as she often tried to escape and quarrelled with staff, Bilqees told PTI on phone from Karachi.    

"Efforts made by the authorities to trace her family in India produced no results and she was finally sent to Karachi.She must be about 21 or 22 years old but she looks much younger," said Bilqees, the wife of Abdul Sattar Edhi, founder of Pakistan's largest and best-known charity Edhi Foundation.    

"As she was unable to fit into the various shelters, I brought her to the home run by the Edhi Foundation about twoor three months ago," Bilqees said.