Shoaib-Sania nikah delayed

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Shoaib-Sania nikah delayed

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09 April,2010 03:29 pm

The much-awaited nikah (wedding) of Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza was scheduled to take place today evening however due to unavailability of Shoiab's personal document the Nikah ceremony has been delayed. Earlier during the day there were reports that the wedding will be held at 7 pm at Sania Mirza's residence in Hyderabad. The reception will be held on April 15 at the Taj Krishna hotel. Sania's family has invited around 500 guests for the reception, which is to be held at Taj Krishna hotel. Interestingly, it was at the same hotel that Sania was engaged to her childhood friend Sohrab Mirza on July 10 last year. Kazi Ahmetullah Pasha would administer the nikah. The development comes just a day after Shoaib Malik divorced Ayesha Siddiqui after refuting claims that the two were married. Among those who have flown into the city are Shoaibs mother Sultana Farooq, brother Adil Malik, sisters Shazia Imran and Sadaf Imran, nephew Mamoon Imran and niece Zainab Imran. Shoaib and his kin are expected to return to Pakistan two days after the wedding. Parliamentary delegation to attend weddingPrime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani has decided to send a parliamentary delegation to attend the much-hyped cross-border wedding of tennis star Sania Mirza and cricketer Shoaib Malik in Hyderabad. The lawmakers will carry Gilani's special gift for Sania and Shoaib, who are scheduled to marry on April 15. The Prime Minister is not only excited about their marriage but will also send a gift to convey his (good) wishes to the couple, Population Welfare Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said. Apart from Awan, Sports Minister Ijaz Jhakrani is also expected to attend the wedding. The Prime Minister agreed with me that some other members should also attend the ceremony, said Awan, who recently announced she would gift the couple a family planning kit and asked them to become ambassadors for Pakistan's programs to curb population growth. Awan is also looking forward to hosting a reception with other parliamentarians from Sialkot in honour of Shoaib and Sania. Awan represents Sialkot, the hometown of Shoaib, in parliament. Our preference is Sialkot, but it may be Lahore as insisted by PML-N (lawmaker) Khwaja Muhammad Asif (because of security issues), she said. Asif, who has been invited to the wedding by Shoaib's family, may not be able to attend as he would be travelling to Dubai. Awan said she enjoyed excellent relations with Shoaib's family because of their Sialkot connection. Shoaib and I are jointly working on a hospital project, and therefore we remain in constant contact, she said. But it's not just Awan, who is looking forward to hosting the couple. Many receptions have been lined up for the couple by others as well.