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'Shoaib Malik was married to my daughter'

Source: PTI
February 01, 2008 10:38 IST
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Hyderabad's MA Siddiqui contested Shoaib Malik's claim that the Pakistani cricketer had not married his daughter, Ayesha, and pressed the player to give a "formal divorce."

Malik had said last month that his long-standing relationship with the Indian girl had ended due to differences between the two families.

Siddiqui in a statement said the family will move the court if his daughter does not get divorce, which was necessary to help her start a "new life."

"The'nikah' of my daughter (Ayesha) with Shoaib Malik took plce on June 3, 2002. We also have 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.

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