Cross-border love stories between India and Pakistan continue to make headlines. The latest involves 21-year-old Javeria Khanum, who arrived in Kolkata, India on Tuesday from her home in Karachi, Pakistan. Khanum was granted a 45-day visa by the Indian government to marry her fiancé, Sameer Khan, a resident of Kolkata.21-year-old Pak woman arrives in India to marry her fiancéThis comes after recent high-profile cases of Indian and Pakistani women leaving their homeland to be with lovers across the border. Earlier this year, Seema Haider left her husband and four children in Pakistan to marry an Indian man, Sachin, whom she fell in love with while playing mobile games. Similarly, Anju, an Indian woman, travelled to Pakistan to marry a man she met online.Javeria entered India through the Wagha border, and was welcomed by her fiancé Sameer and future father-in-law Ahmed Kamal Khan Yousafzai to the beats of dhol.#WATCH | Amritsar, Punjab: A Pakistani woman, Javeria Khanum arrived in India (at the Attari-Wagah border) to marry her fiancé Sameer Khan, a Kolkata resident. She was welcomed in India to the beats of dhol.She says, I am extremely happy...I want to convey my special thanks… pic.twitter.com/E0U00TIYMX— ANI (@ANI) December 5, 2023Khannums visa was rejected twiceReportedly, the COVID pandemic stalled their plans for around five years and her visa was rejected twice earlier.The couple interacted with the media after Javeria arrived in India. I would like to thank the Indian government for their cooperation. Borders do not matter when the intentions are pure, said Sameer.Sameer and Javeria will get married in January next year, after which she will apply for a long-term visa.45-day visaI have been granted a 45-day visa. I am very happy to be here. Just on arrival, I am already getting so much love here. In the first week of January the marriage will be solemnised, Javeria said.It is a happy ending and a happy beginning, she said. “Everyone back home was very happy. I cant believe I have got the visa after five years,” she added.Who helped Javeria to get her visaMeanwhile, a person played a very vital role in making the duo meet. Its Maqbool Ahmed Wasi Qadian, a journalist and social worker, who helped Javeria in procuring the visa to come to India. He has helped many Pakistani brides in getting visas.Talking about his relationship with Javeria, Sameer said, “This started in May 2018. I had come home from Germany where I was studying. I saw her photo on my mothers phone and expressed my interest. I told my mother that I wanted to get married to Javeria.He also said his friends from his time in Germany – from Africa, Spain, the United States and other countries – are likely to attend his wedding, reported news agency PTI.
