Ayesha Siddiqui

Short Biography

Malik married Ayesha Siddiqui of Hyderabad, India through a telephone Nikah (marriage) on June 3, 2002. But, in a statement in Karachi on January 21, 2008, Malik claimed that no Nikah had taken place. Malik said his marriage plans with Siddiqui ended because both families could not reach an understanding on certain issues. "Yes, I had a long relationship with her and we planned to get married". Malik was forced by Siddiqui`s family to give divorce after he claimed that there was no formal Nikah between the two in 2008. Siddiqui`s father, M A Siddiqui, had then said that the family would move court if his daughter did not get a divorce. In April 2010, Siddiqui`s family released Shoaib-Ayesha `marriage` certificate (Nikahnama). On April 2, 2010, Malik said he plans to sue Siddiqui`s family for indulging in "character assasination". On April 5, 2010, Malik admitted taking part in a telephone Nikah ceremony and signing the marriage certificate, but said that they are invalid because he never knowingly met her and she sent him photographs of another, more attractive, woman claiming they were her own. On April 7, 2010 Malik confirmed his marriage with Siddiqui and signed the Talaq (divorce) papers.