Indian doc gets Pak citizenship

Love triumphed over red tape on Friday as Pakistan granted citizenship to an Indian woman allowing her to live with her Pakistani husband.

The announcement granting citizenship to Hafsa Khan came as Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf met Prime Minister Manmohan Singh in New York.

‘‘Despite legal limitations, this was done in the best interests of the couple and in a spirit of goodwill,’’ Foreign Ministry spokesman Masood Khan said. Hafsa married Aman Khan last year but Pakistani authorities refused to give her citizenship and ordered her to leave the country on the expiry of her visa in March.

Aman challenged the Interior Ministry order in the court and secured a stay, and on Friday the Ministry issued a new order granting citizenship to Hafsa. She gave birth to a baby boy last month.