Shoaib Malik
, former captain of the
Pakistan
crcket team, has married Pakistan film actor
Sana Javed
. It is Shoaib's third marriage. He was married to Indian
tennis
star
Sania Mirza
before this.
The rumours of Shoaib-Sania separation had been rife since 2022, and according to a source in Sania's family quoted by PTI, "it was a 'khula", which refers to the right of a Muslim woman to unilaterally divorce her husband.
Shoaib and Sania had got married in Hyderabad in April 2010 after the cricketer had divorced his first wife Ayesha Siddiqui.
Shoaib and his new wife Sana shared pictures of their marriage on their social media profiles, and the development became the talk of the town.
Who is Sana Javed?
Sana Javed, who had previously married singer Umair Jaiswal in 2020, has featured in numerous successful TV drama series and Pakistani films. The news of her divorce with Jaiswal had surfaced two months ago.
Sana made her acting debut in 2012 and her last appearance as an actor came in romantic drama 'Sukoon'.