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Married Punjab woman pilgrim converts to Islam, remarries in Pakistan

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Married Punjab woman pilgrim converts to Islam, remarries in Pakistan
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Married Punjab woman pilgrim converts to Islam, remarries in Pakistan A woman from Hoshiarpur converted to Islam and married a Lahore based Pakistani national. She was among the pilgrims who left for Pakistan on her Indian passport with Pakistan visa till April 21. Her old father-in-law, Tarsem Singh, alleged on Thursday that his daughter-in-law could have fallen into the hands of Pakistan’s Inter-Services Intelligence (ISI), and may have been forced to convert and remarry there. Kiran Bala, left for Pakistan on a pilgrimage as part of the SGPC delegation on April 12, she went missing on April 16. She went to Pakistan on her Indian passport with Pakistan visa. As per Pakistani media reports, the woman embraced Islam from Darul-Aloom Jamia Naeemia in Lahore on April 16 and later performed ‘nikah’ (marriage) with Muhammed Azam, a resident of Hanjarwal Multan Road in Lahore. In her application for extension of the Pakistan visa, her name is typed as Amna Bibi while the signature has been done as Amina. She has applied for extension of visa, citing “threats of assassination” to her life in India. Around 1,700 Indian pilgrims had gone to Pakistan to visit Sikh shrines, including Panja Sahib Gurdwara near Lahore and Nankana Sahib--the birth place of Sikhism founder Guru Nanak, on the occasion of Baisakhi on April 13. Kiran Bala, 31, a widow, is the mother of three. The children are with their aged grandparents. Their father had passed away in 2013. “I cannot believe what has happened. No one has contacted us officially from the SGPC and the foreign ministry. I want my daughter-in-law to be returned safely,” Tarsem Singh, a Sikh religious preacher in his village, told the media. Tarsem Singh alleged that Kiran Bala could be in touch with the Pakistani man (whom she has reportedly married) through social media. -PTC News-
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