Ex-Pakistan cricket captain's son to marry daughter of India's wanted man
Pakistan Times Sports Desk

NEW DELHI (India): The daughter of international fugitive and India's most wanted, Dawood Ibrahim, is to marry the son of Pakistan's former cricket captain Javed Miandad, a report said Sunday.

The marriage of Ibrahim's daughter, identified only as Mahrukh, to Miandad's  son, will take place in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi next month and will be followed by a reception in the Gulf emirate of Dubai July 22, an Indian newspaper reported.

The proposal for the alliance was first mooted by Dawood's wife, Mehajabeen, to the wife of Pakistan's former ace batsman, the report said. The suggestion was "welcomed... instantly and enthusiastically," the report said.

The newspaper did not identify the son by name or give the precise date of the wedding.

Ibrahim -- widely known simply as Dawood -- will be present at the Karachi wedding but not at the Dubai reception, the report said. India has an extradition treaty with Dubai but not with Pakistan.

The guest list for the two events included the who's who of Pakistani and Dubai society, the report added.

Perspective

Ibrahim, son of a former police constable, is wanted in India on charges of masterminding serial bombings in Mumbai that killed almost 300 people and left around 1,000 injured in March 1993.

The attacks were believed to be in retaliation for nationwide communal riots that erupted after Hindu fanatics in December 1992 tore down a 16th-century mosque they said stood over the ruins of a temple.

Ibrahim is one of 20 people India demanded Pakistan hand over in the wake of a December 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, which New Delhi said was carried out by Pakistan-backed Islamic militants.

Pakistan has repeatedly ruled out sending the men on the list to India and denied Ibrahim lives in the country.

In 2003, the United States labelled Ibrahim a "specially designated global terrorist" and identified him as a resident of the city of Karachi. The notice also gave Ibrahim's telephone and Pakistani passport numbers.●