Gujranwala bride goes to hospital to marry ‘wounded groom’

A bride in Gujranwala went to a hospital to marry the man who got injured in a traffic accident one day before the wedding ceremony.

As per reports, Rizwan, a resident of Dhaunkal town of Punjab’s Gujranwala district, and Maria planned to tie the knot on July 9 but unfortunately, the groom met with a road accident and got his leg fractured on July 8.

The couple did not postpone the wedding as the bride went to the private hospital in a traditional dress along with her family where the nikah was held after getting permission from the hospital’s administration.

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The video of the ceremony went viral on social media that showed the bride sitting near a table while the groom was sitting at the hospital’s bed with his mother. After the nikkah, the newly-wed couple posed for the photoshoot inside the hospital.

Rizwan and Maria became friends via Facebook five years ago and he came to Pakistan from Italy to marry her.