Occupied Kashmir policeman marries AJK girl amid rising tensions between border countries
The Nikkah was performed in 2014. The groom had to wait for two years to take his wife home.
September 03, 2016
LAHORE: A young police officer from the Indian-occupied Kashmir has tied the knot with a girl from Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) amid raging anti-India protests in the Valley.
According to the Times of India, a sub-inspector with IOK Police, married Faiza Geelani, a resident of Muzaffarabad, AJK, at a function where only the groom's close relatives and friends were in attendance due to the ongoing unrest.
The two families are related to each other but were separated during the partition. The 'Nikkah' was performed in Muzaffarabad in 2014 when Shabir Geelani, father of the groom, had travelled to AJK to visit his divided family on the 'Karavan-e-Aman' (the Peace Caravan) bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad.
"The wedding ceremony had to be cancelled several times due to the prevailing situation during which the cross-LoC bus service was suspended for many days. Finally, when the bus service resumed, the bride and her close family members arrived here on Monday for the function,"Shabbir, who retired from police department as SSP in 2014, said in Srinagar on Friday.
Owais's marriage with Faiza, a postgraduate in education, planning and management from National University of Modern Languages, Islamabad was solemnised on Tuesday.
"The people living along the LoC have been worst sufferers of the conflict and acrimony between India and Pakistan. I think opening of all traditional routes along the LoC would increase people-to-people contact, leading to better understanding between the people on two sides of the LoC.”
"Once that happens, may be one day, the governments of two sides will also understand each other better and find a way out of the decades-old uncertainty," he added.
Tensions between India and Pakistan have risen after Burhan Wani, a Hizbul Mujahideen leader was shot dead by Indian Forces. Curfew has been imposed in occupied Kashmir for 57 days now depriving residents of basic necessities like food and healthcare.
