ISLAMABAD: Prime Minister of Pakistan Syed Yousuf Raza Gilani is sending a special gift to Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik and Indian tennis star Sania Mirza on their wedding scheduled next week. “I am going to Hyderabad on April 14 to participate in this grand celebrity wedding and I will deliver the Prime Minister’s special gift to the couple,” federal Minister for population and welfare Dr Firdous Ashiq Awan told Daily Times on Thursday. Dr Awan, who is a member of the parliament from Shoaib’s native city Sialkot, said many other members of parliament and federal ministers had also contacted her to attend the wedding. “I can take a parliamentary delegation to this wedding but I am not in favour of taking many people along because it will be a burden on the hosts in Hyderabad,” she added.
Dr Awan said however she would request to Pakistan Muslim League (N) leader Khawaja Muhammad Asif to accompany her on this wedding because he also belonged to Sialkot. “Sports minister Mir Aijaz Hussain Jakhrani has also shown interest for the wedding ceremony but I am not sure about him.” To a question about the special gift of the Prime Minister, she said that it was yet not decided what the Prime Minister would send to the newly married couple but it was confirmed that she would represent the federal government in the wedding ceremony. Dr Awan said she would also give a reception in the honour of Sania Mirza in Sialkot.
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