On Saturday, the former Pakistan captain and Sania Mirza’s husband, Shoaib Malik announced his marriage to the Pakistani popular actor Sana Javed in Karachi. Malik divorced Indian tennis icon Sania Mirza and got married for the third time. The cricketer took to Instagram to post pictures from his wedding with Pakistan actor. The wedding pictures went viral on the internet.
Shoaib Malik was previously married to Indian tennis star, Sania, with whom he has a five-year-old son Izaan who lives with Sania. Shoaib and Sania got married in Sania’s hometown Hyderabad on 12 April 2010 and after that, they used to live in Dubai. Since 2022, there have been strong rumors about discrepancies between Shoaib Malik and Sania Mirza leading to a divorce. Both of them have rarely been spotted together in the last couple of years.
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Just a few days back Malik also unfollowed the Sania on Instagram.
Shoaib Malik posted a photograph on social media platforms with his new wife, Sana Javed
Malik posted pictures on social media platform X, and his Instagram post went viral with the caption,
“Alhamdullilah. And We created you in pairs” وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا
– Alhamdullilah ♥️
“And We created you in pairs” وَخَلَقْنَاكُمْ أَزْوَاجًا pic.twitter.com/nPzKYYvTcV
— Shoaib Malik 🇵🇰 (@realshoaibmalik) January 20, 2024
Who is Sana Javed?
Malik’s new wife Sana Javed is a popular actress who has starred in several hit drama serials and also acted in Pakistani films. She was previously married to singer Umair Jaiswal in 2020 at a simple ceremony amidst the coronavirus pandemic. According to reports, they got divorced two months earlier.
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After the marriage news of Malik went viral in India, Sania’s father, Imran Mirza, reacted to it
After Malik’s public declaration of his wedding to the Pakistani actress in Karachi, Sania Mirza’s father, Imran Mirza, disclosed that his daughter and the 41-year-old former cricketer had divorced through ‘Khula’, before marrying the Pakistani actress.
Speaking to PTI, Imran said that
it was a ‘khula’
A khula is an Islamic jurisprudence through which a woman can initiate a divorce from her husband unilaterally.
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Sania is one of India’s greatest tennis players who announced her retirement last year. In her 20-year-long career she had won 43 WTA doubles titles and one singles trophy, Sania was seen as a sports icon for women.
In the middle of all this, Sania had shared a cryptic note on her social media
The post reads,
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“Marriage is hard. Divorce is hard. Choose your hard! Obesity is hard. Being fit is hard. Choose your hard! Being in debt is hard. Being financially disciplined is hard. Choose your hard! Communication is hard. Not communicating is hard. Choose your hard! Life will never be easy. It will always be hard. But we can choose our hard. Pick Wisely!”
