Sikh girl in Pakistan's Nankana Sahib marries Muslim boyfriend; tension between communities rise
Zee News
Sources in Nankana Sahib informed Zee Media that teenage Sikh girl Rajmeet Kaur was in a relationship with Zunaid, a teenage boy who lived in her neighborhood.
New Delhi: Furor in Pakistan's minority Sikh community rose once again after a young Sikh girl married a Muslim boy and embraced Islam. The incident happened in Nankana Sahib, the birthplace of the first Sikh guru, Guru Nanak Dev. The location in the past has reported such instances. The development has caused tension between the two local communities.
Sources in Nankana Sahib informed Zee Media that teenage Sikh girl Rajmeet Kaur was in a relationship with Zunaid, a teenage boy who lived in her neighborhood.
“On December 7 both of them eloped to a nearby city Jaranwala in Faisalabad district where Rajmeet embraced Islam in a mosque and was rechristened as Zannat Bibi and then she married Zunaid,” said sources.
