article_snippet.sent: A Respect Party spokesman responded, saying the allegations were 'totally and utterly untrue', insisting that the allegations contact had simply requested the certificate and paid a five rupee sum before the certificate was handed over.
article_snippet.sent: Speaking to MailOnline, A Respect Party spokesman said: 'We were given a copy of the nikah by a close family member in this country so We decided to check whether this was genuine.
article_snippet.sent: Respect Party got a third party to go to the registry office in Mirpur, where Ms Shah's husband retrieved the original nikah showing the marriage was in 1990. '
article_snippet.sent: There was no subterfuge, Ms Shah's husband paid five rupees and Ms Shah's husband was given the certificate.'
article_snippet.sent: On the subject of a second nikah dated 1988, Ms Shah's husband said Respect Party was waiting for Respect Party to be produced so Respect Party could be independently verified.
article_snippet.sent: Respect Party told MailOnline that Respect Party had already given the document, which is written in urdu, to three independent translators who had all confirmed it was genuine.