New Delhi, April 05: Facing allegations of cheating, harassment and criminal intimidation, Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik today engaged a Delhi-based lawyer who said his marriage with Hyderabadi girl Ayesha Siddiqui was “illegal” and there was no question of divorce.
“No question of ‘Talak’ arises when the marriage itself is illegal because, as per the Islamic Law, the identity of the bride and bridegroom have to be disclosed at the time of ‘nikah’ (marriage),” senior advocate Ramesh Gupta said at a press conference here.
28-year-old Shoaib, who is all set to tie the nuptial knot with 23-year-old tennis player Sania Mirza on April 15 in Hyderabad, has said the photographs of a girl sent to him by Ayesha were of another person and he had been tricked into marriage.
–Agencies