Two days before the couple was supposed to jet off to Italy and Greece for two weeks, Sana's passport mysteriously disappeared.
Sana convinced Faizan to go without her, not wanting to waste the time and money spent planning the trip.
But he didn't truly go without her...
He brought a picture of her face along.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdTogether, they visited the Leaning Tower of Pisa...
...and had a good time with friends.
After two days, though, the portrait proved an inadequate substitute for his wife's company. He took to Twitter to see if India's Minister of Foreign Affairs, Sushma Swaraj, could help.
It worked, and she swooped in to save the day.
next slide will load in 15 secondsSkip AdSkip AdFour days and some paperwork later, the couple reunited in Florence.
And they lived happily ever after...