Published By: Aashi Sadana
Last Updated: July 27, 2023, 22:20 IST
Gao married Javed on Wednesday after converting to Islam and her new name is Kiswa. (Shutterstock)
Javed took the woman to his maternal uncle’s home in Samarbagh tehsil of Lower Dir District instead of his hometown due to the security situation in Bajaur District bordering Afghanistan.
In yet another cross-border love story, a Chinese woman has travelled to Pakistan’s Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to marry the man whom she befriended and fell in love with on social media, police said on Thursday.
The woman, identified as Gao Feng, arrived in Islamabad last week by road from China via Gilgit on a three-month visit visa. The 21-year-old was picked up by her 18-year-old friend Javed, a resident of Bajaur tribal district bordering Afghanistan, they said.
Javed took the woman to his maternal uncle’s home in Samarbagh tehsil of Lower Dir District instead of his hometown due to the security situation in Bajaur District bordering Afghanistan.
According to police, both were in contact through Snapchat for the last three years and the friendship developed into a love affair.
Gao married Javed on Wednesday after converting to Islam and her new name is Kiswa, the man’s maternal cousin Izzatullah Khan told .
(This story has not been edited by News18 staff and is published from a syndicated news agency feed – PTI)
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