Re: Malik ‘engaged’ to Indian girl
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Malik attends feast hosted by in-laws
From our correspondent
HYDERABAD, India: For Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian girl Aisha Siddiqi it was love at first sight when they met for the first time in Dubai in 2000. It was an unusual bond that took place between a Punjabi from Sialkot and a Hyderabadi girl.
But it was not for the first time that a Pakistani cricketer had fallen for an Indian girl as the 23-year-old Malik was simply following in the footsteps of his peers Zaheer Abbas and Mohsin Khan and countless other untold episodes of a union between two nationalities.
After their first meeting the two youngsters decided to enter into Nikah on April 2, 2003 but the hectic lifestyle of particularly Malik has kept the Rukhsati on hold since then. “It has been a long time since the Nikah and we both feel it is time to settle down. But she is a dentist and I am settling down as a member of the Pakistan team,” Malik said on Wednesday.
The shy and soft spoken Malik rarely speaks about his Nikah to Aisha with whom he keeps in touch on phone and the internet almost everyday. On Tuesday night he and his Pakistani teammates were the guests of honor at the house of his father-in-law Ahmed Siddiqi at Bunjori Hills in Hyderabad, the hometown of Aisha. The entire Pakistan team mingled with some 50 members of Malik’s Susraal and enjoyed some spicy and traditional Hyderabadi dishes.
“We are now planning to have the Rukhsati sometime in August this year but a date has to be finalised,” Malik confirmed but was willing to give out no further details.