

The nikkah was performed in Muzaffarabad in 2014 when Shabir Geelani, father of the groom, had travelled to PoK to visit his divided family on the Karavan-e-Aman (the Peace Caravan) bus service between Srinagar and Muzaffarabad. The two families are related to each other but were separated during the Partition. The marriage was solemnised in a hotel at a time when the police have borne the brunt of protesters' ire in the Valley that has been rocked by nearly two-month-long unrest.

Owais Geelani, a sub-inspector with Jammu and Kashmir Police, married Faiza Geelani, a resident of Muzaffarabad in PoK, at a function in Srinagar where only the groom's close relatives and friends were in attendance due to the ongoing unrest. Srinagar: A police officer from Kashmir has tied the knot with a girl from Pakistan-occupied-Kashmir as cross-Line of Control bonds blossomed at a time when the state Police grappled with pro-Pakistan protests in the Valley.
