34-year-old Indian mother of two Anju, who had traveled to a remote village in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa to marry her Facebook friend, will return to India after receiving approval from the Pakistan government, her Pakistani husband Nasrullah told the News Agency PTI.

In early August, Pakistan extended Anju’s visa for a year as she crossed the border to marry her Facebook friend. Anju, who now goes by the name Fatima after converting to Islam on July 25, married her 29-year-old boyfriend Nasrullah.

“We are waiting for the NOC (No-Objection Certificate) from the Home Ministry in Islamabad, which we have already applied for. The NOC process is a bit lengthy and takes time to complete,” said Anju’s Pakistani husband PTI. Once the entry and exit documents are completed at the Wagah border point, Anju will travel to India, he added.

He also told the agency that Fatima would return to Pakistan with her children after the meeting. “She will surely come back as Pakistan is her home now,” he added.

Anju aka Fatima was previously married to Arvind, who lives in Rajasthan, and they have two children, a 15-year-old daughter and a six-year-old son. Last month, Nasrullah said Anju was “mentally disturbed and would miss her two children sorely.”

On July 25, Anju married her 29-year-old friend Nasrullah, whose home is in Upper Dir district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. In 2019 they became friends on Facebook. Anju had traveled legally from India to Pakistan via the Wagah-Attari border.

Meanwhile, the incident of Anju’s visit to Pakistan has similarities with the case of Seema Ghulam Haider, a Pakistani mother of four who entered India illegally in 2019 to live with Sachin Meena, an Indian with whom she played PUBG had made contact. However, unlike Anju, Seema had entered Pakistan illegally.

(With PTI inputs)