New Delhi, April 24: Newly-wed star couple Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik met Indian high commissioner Sharat Sabharwal, following which the Pakistani cricketer was granted one year visa extension.
During the brief meeting, the couple requested high commissioner to extend the visa of Shoaib which was valid till June 24, officials said.
Shoaib’s visa was later granted an extension of one year and includes cities like Delhi, Mumbai, Bangalore and Hyderabad.
Sania’s mother Naseema Mirza accompanied the couple to the Indian mission. Sania had sought the meeting.
During the meeting Sabharwal wished them well and hoped they would have a “long and happy married life”, Indian high commission spokesman Siddharth Zutshi told.
The Indian envoy, however, is not hosting any reception for the couple, the officials said.
The high-profile couple arrived in Pakistan yesterday to a frenzied reception, with the federal government according them the status of “state guests”.
—–PTI