London
Love knows no bounds, not of age, gender, nationality, religion or viral outbreaks. Nothing could stop Yawar Abbas, 100, from marrying the love of his life — the bold and beautiful Indian-origin writer, Noor Zaheer, 60.
Because of the looming threat of the viral coronavirus, the couple had to ditch plans for their original wedding function scheduled for 27th March and decided to get married 10 days earlier than originally planned. They held an private function at their home in West London attended by only six of their closest friends.
Yawar Abbas got commissioned in the British Army in United India in 1942 as a second lieutenant. He was ienrolled in the Pakistan Army in 1947 serving as a Major and made a commissioned film on Pakistan and the partition. He resigned from the army and shifted to London to join BBC and has lived and worked in London ever since.
Yawar’s marriage to Noor is his fourth one and Noor’s marriage to Yawar is her fifth. The newly wed couple have children from their previous marriages and their grand children are grown ups as well.
Noor, 60, wore an elegant mustard traditional Indian Saari while Yawar wore a black tuxedo with a bow tie and a mustard pocket square to match during their ceremony at the registrar’s office. For the party at home, a kurta with a red waistcoat was deemed to be a more appropriate attire.
“He proposed to me in an elevator and asked me to make a permanent move to London,” Noor laughed as she recalled the unexpected way her 100-year-old husband proposed to her. “We were more than friends so I said yes,” she told The News and Geo.—Agencies
