Since Anwari had a child, Jugal Kishore Mehra (Ahmed Salman) effectively became thestep- father of the infant Zarina/Nasreen. In order to marry Anwari, Jugal Kishore Mehra abandoned not only his family but also his religion he became a Muslim and took the name Ahmed Salman.
Anwari and Rafiq Ghaznavi were divorced (or separated) after Zarina/Nasreen's birth, and Anwari then married a rich Hindu businessman named Jugal Kishore Mehra. He was given the title Aagha there, a kind of knighthood bestowed on a businessman of repute.” Her mother Nasreen (born as Zarina Ghaznavi) was the daughter of Rafiq Ghaznavi, a Pashtun musician, and his wife Anwari Bai Begum, who was one of the earliest actresses of Indian cinema, starring in Heer Ranjha (1932). She traces the origin of her surname ‘Aagha’, “My father (Liaqat Gul Tajik) traded in precious stones and antiques in Iran. Liaqat Gul Agha was a tradesman dealing in rugs and belonged to an Urdu speaking Muslim Pathan family based in Amritsar. Salma Agha was born in Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan, to Liaqat Gul Agha and his wife Nasreen Agha.
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