Nikah of Pakistan's ex-Skipper Miandad's son with Dawood's daughter to be held in Makkah
Pakistan Times National News Desk

MAKKAH (Saudi Arabia): Nikah [Marriage Contract] ceremony of Dawood Ibrahim’s daughter and former Pakistan cricket captain Javed Miandad’s son is expected to take place in the holy city of Makkah, says a report.

Contrary to reports that the families have fixed Karachi for the marriage and Dubai for the reception, a source close to the family in Mumbai claimed that the Nikah ceremony would take place in the holy city of Makkah.

The source, on the condition of anonymity, said, “In the past also, Nikah ceremonies in the family have taken place either in Makkah or Madina. Even last year, Anees Ibrahim’s daughter got married in Makkah.”

The source said that Dawood Ibrahim’s family is very religious. He said, “Dawood’s son has just learnt the Quran by heart.”

Dawood’s daughter Mahrukh, second of his five children (one of his daughters Maria died in Dubai), is getting married to Miandad’s son Junaid. Junaid is in London and pursuing a degree in business administration, whereas Mahrukh is doing “some management course in Oxford”.

Junaid (22) has been in London since 2001, whereas Mahrukh (20) went to England two years ago. The source said, “She is not a career-oriented girl. She only plans on being a housewife.

Miandad has already said that he wants to be a grandfather as early as possible.” Though it is a high-profile marriage, few details about the girl are available.

Apart from her ‘Oxford’ link, not much is known about her.

A city businessman, once very close to Dawood said, “Nobody in Mumbai has met Dawoodbhai for the last three years. Forget about the details about his family, we don’t even know his whereabouts.” He added that in Mumbai they only met Dawood “in the outside room”.

Though Miandad maintained that his mother is a relative of Dawood’s wife Mahjabeen, sources close to the family deny this.

They say instead that Miandad’s father-in-law and Dawood share business ties which have contributed to the marriage.●