ISLAMABAD: A young boy from India married a Pakistani girl in Sukkur after he arrived with his family.
According to sources, Mahindra Kumar, a Mumbai resident, married Pakistani girl Sanju Kumari in Sukkur after they met on social media.
The wedding ceremony of the newlywed couple was held with great fanfare at a local hall in Sukkur.
The wedding was attended by relatives and friends of the bride and groom and people from the Hindu community belonging to Sindh.
In a cross-border love tale, an Indian girl married a Pakistani boy in March last year after they met on a social networking platform.
According to reports, Shehnaz, a woman from India’s Chandigarh, the capital of Punjab and Haryana, married Zeeshan, a young Pakistani man from Mawlapur. Shehnaz and Zeeshan’s Nikkah ceremony was held at Mawla pur; both had valid passports from their respective countries.
While commenting on the entire episode, police said that the Indian girl arrived in Pakistan on February 28 and currently staying in Sukkur. Police said they have a complete record of her arrival, departure and other travel details.
Cross-border marriages are common; the most famous example is Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik’s marriage to Indian tennis star Sania Mirza. Sania Mirza is a resident of Hyderabad, India, and Shoaib Malik is a resident of Sialkot, Punjab Province, Pakistan.
