Shoaib Malik Weds Indian Girl
The father of a
Hyderabadi girl, whose love story involving
Pakistani cricket captain Shoaib Malik went sour, contested his claim that the couple did not enter into a
nikah and pressed the player to give a ''
formal divorce.''
M A Siddiqui in a statement said the family will move the court if his daughter does not get divorce which was needed to help her start a ''
new life.''
He was reacting to
Malik's statement in
Karachi on January 21 when the cricketer claimed that no
nikah took place between him and
Ayesha Siddiqui.
''The
nikah of
my daughter (Ayesha) with
Shoaib Malik took place on June 3, 2002. We also
have the proof,'' said
Siddiqui amid reports that the couple
got 'married' through a
telephone nikah on that date. Siddiqui, a resident of posh
Banjara Hills in the
Andhra Pradesh capital, also challenged
Malik's claims that his
marriage plans with the
Hyderabadi girl ended because both families could not reach an understanding on certain issues.
''Yes I had a long relationship with her and we planned to get married. But no
nikah ever took place and in the end our families could not reach an understanding on various things,''
Malik had said.
Siddiqui alleged Malik wanted to end the relationship not for the reasons he had stated but ''just to gain goodwill and build his image.''
Siddiqui said his daughter is ''
devastated and traumatised'' by the whole issue and claimed she was hospitalised many times.
Siddiqui claimed that his family called
Malik and his family many times but they ''
refused to talk to us.''
''
Shoaib Malik never tried to even talk to us even once. This behaviour has saddened deeply,'' he said.
On his daughter's future, he cited a media report quoting a
Maulvi as saying that rightly his daughter needed a ''
divorce'' in order to start a ''
new life''.
Pakistani players were even feted to a grand reception by the
Siddiqui family here when the team toured Indian in 2005.
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