ISLAMABAD: Pakistan government said it will extend all assistance to former cricket captain Shoaib Malik, who has been slapped with cheating and harassment charges in India by Ayesha Siddiqui who claims to be his wife, days ahead of his planned wedding to tennis star Sania Mirza.
The Pakistan government said it was in touch with Indian authorities in connection with the police complaint filed against Malik by the Indian woman.
Malik is currently in Hyderabad and his passport has been seized after an FIR was registered against him.
Foreign office spokesman Abdul Basit told the media that the Pakistan High Commission in New Delhi was in contact with Indian authorities and had asked them to share information on the FIR filed against Malik in Hyderabad.
"Pakistani authorities have to wait till all the details of the FIR are with us," Basit said.
"We will give Shoaib Malik all the assistance he requires. We will proceed in the best interests of Shoaib Malik," Basit said.
The case was filed against Shoaib Malik 10 days before his planned wedding with Sania Mirza.
Malik recently travelled to Hyderabad after Ayesha's reiterated her claims that she had married the cricketer in 2002.
Hyderabad Police on Monday questioned Malik and had taken away his passport.
The 28-year-old Shoaib told police, at the Jubilee Hills residence of 23-year-old tennis star Sania Mirza, that he had been tricked into marriage with Ayesha.
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