Woman qazi performs nikah in Lucknow

A Planning Commission member and an expert on Islamic studies has created history by becoming the first woman to act as a 'qazi' and solemnize a 'nikah' ceremony in Lucknow. Sayeda Hamid flew in from New Delhi to perform the nikah (Islamic marriage ceremony) of Imran Naeem, PhD scholar from AMU, and Naesh Hasan, founder member of a social organisation Bhartiya Muslim Mahila Andolan in presence of eminent citizens at a city hotel this evening.