India's Anju receives land, job from Pak businessman for converting to Islam

A Pakistani businessman has gifted a piece of land to Anju, the Indian woman who traveled all the way to Pakistan to marry a man she met on Facebook, along with an offer to work for his company. Mohsin Khan Abbasi, CEO of Pak Star Group of Companies, said he wants to ensure that Anju faces no problems and feels at home in Pakistan.

Anju, who now goes by the name Fatima after converting to Islam, is a married Indian woman from Rajasthan who travelled to Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to marry Nasrullah, a man she befriended and fell in love with on Facebook.

Businessman Abbasi said his company's board members decided to provide Anju with a 272 square feet plot in the city to build a house, so she feels welcomed in his country and religion. Once the legal process regarding Fatima's documents from India is completed, his company, Pak Star Group, will offer her a job in their real estate business, he said.

Abbasi went down to meet the couple, Anju and Nasrullah, at their



residence, and offered them the land. He also gave them a cheque, though the amount written on it is unknown.

Abbasi also asked the Pakistani government and other affluent businessmen in the country to support Fatima and Nasrullah's family. He also called upon them to extend gifts to the newly-wedded couple.

Abbasi emphasised the importance of making Fatima feel welcomed and valued after leaving her home and family in India to embrace Islam and marry Nasrullah. He further said that he hopes that her journey inspires others to adopt Islam.

Anju is originally from Rajasthan's Bhiwadi district, and had traveled to Pakistan's northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province to meet her now husband Nasrullah in Pakistan. She informed her husband, Arvind, that she was going to Jaipur for a few days, but Arvind later learned through the media that she had crossed the border.

Pakistani media reported that Anju converted to Islam and married Nasrullah a few days later.