Chupke Chupke - Shoaib & Ayesha

[Fazal]

The occasion:
To celebrate the cross-border coupling of Malik and Hyderabadi 20-year-old Ayesha, the wedding vows between the two having been exchanged over phone as far back as May 2002.


The story:
The sparks between the two began to fly in May 2000 when they ran into each other at a coffee shop at the Holiday International in Sharjah. Ayesha had apparently left her hotel room keys behind on a table, which Malik retrieved and handed over to her.

The story, however, goes that the two kept in touch over phone and email for almost two years before Malik popped the question. The cross-border tie-up was kept under tight wraps till around six months ago.


The Reaction:
"We have always wanted an Indian bride for Shoaib. Ayesha is cute, well mannered and good-looking. We got hints that he was interested in her almost a year ago. We plan to hold a formal wedding in India soon,” said Malik’s mother Farookh Sultana, who is accompanying her son.

Ayesha’s mother Farisa was thrilled she had finally got a chance to entertain her damaad and his band of boys. “Shoaib is such a sweet person, no wonder my daughter has fallen for him,” she gushed.


The Menu:
Farisa has hired five cooks from leading Hyderabadi hotels to rustle up Mughlai and Dakkani dishes for her guests. Several varieties of Hyderabadi biryani, bootis (a mutton dish), qurbani (a kind of dessert) and double-ka-meetha (a sweet dish) are some of the goodies on the menu.

“After all, damaad ko khush karna hai,” Farisa trilled. Ayesha will, however, leave for her husband’s place only in August.

Other Notable guests:
Also on the guest list on Tuesday evening are tennis teen star Sania Mirza, badminton biggie Pullela Gopichand and former cricketers Mohammed Azharuddin and Shivlal Yadav.

The Source:
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Edited on, March 30, 2005, 9:46 PM GMT, by Fazal.

[Shehwar]

Hmm...nice story......However my question is: Which country will Shoaib's son play for if that happens to be the case?

[imtiaz82]

Bangladesh, just to be neutral

Originally posted by Shehwar
Hmm...nice story......However my question is: Which country will Shoaib's son play for if that happens to be the case?

[al]

Cricket's cross-border love story
By Omer Farooq
BBC News, Hyderabad



Malik remained in touch with Ayesha through the internet
At a time when the flowers of friendship between India and Pakistan are blooming, an unusual love story involving a Pakistani cricketer and an Indian girl has caught everybody by surprise.

When Pakistan's cricket team arrives in Hyderabad next week for a practice match, it will be an extraordinary occasion for one member of the team.

This is because the bowler, Shoaib Malik, will be meeting his in-laws.

His wife is Ayesha (aka Maha Siddiqui) - a Hyderabadi girl brought up in Saudi Arabia. She is an administrator in a Jeddah school, and is currently doing an MBA course.

But the two are yet to be formally wedded as they had performed their nikah (marriage) nearly two years ago over the phone.

Accidental meeting

Ayesha told the BBC that the two had met for the first time in Dubai in 2000 where Shoaib had come as a member of a Pakistani team and she was there with her family shopping.

Ayesha recalled that they first met accidentally at a hotel where she had gone for a meal and had left behind her keys.

A young man came to return the key and he later turned out to be Shoaib.

The friendship which started with that meeting ended with nikah over the phone (which Islamic Shariah law permits) on 2 May 2002.

Families' disbelief

Ayesha said a brother of her friend was a witness from her side and Shoaib's brother-in-law and friends acted as witnesses from his side.

The nikah was performed when she was in Hyderabad and he was in his hometown Sialkot.

It was much later that Ayesha broke the news to her parents through her cousin and - after initial surprise and disbelief - the family gave the consent.

It was ditto in Sialkot and now both the families are getting ready for a formal wedding in August after Ayesha is settled down in Pakistan.

[akabir77]

any pictures?

[TigerFan]

Ayesha’s mother Farisa was thrilled she had finally got a chance to entertain her damaad and his band of boys. “Shoaib is such a sweet person, no wonder my daughter has fallen for him,” she gushed.

Shoib is sweet???!!!:duh:

[cricket_pagla]

for Shoib.. wait who's this shoib actually Malik or Akhter.. i'm just kidding..