Pak bride thanks Sushma Swaraj for 'wedding gift'

External affairs minister Sushma Swaraj recently ensured that the Indian embassy in Pakistan granted visas to a Pakistan bride and her family to attend her wedding in India. Naresh from Jodhpur was engaged to Priya of Karachi for the past three years and had scheduled their wedding in Jodhpur on November 7. But the visas for the bride and her family were delayed and so the marriage festivities came to a grinding halt. But delays by the Indian embassy in Pakistan in granting visas for the bride and family had cast a shadow over the function. Finally , with the date drawing near, the groom had tweeted a request to Swaraj to intervene and arrange visas for 35 members, including the bride, of the Pakistani family to attend the wedding. "We are thankful for the quick response of the minister.All the 35 members got their visas to come to Jodhpur, though, in two parts," said Naresh.