Islamabad,
(ANI):
Gilgit-Baltistan
Chief
Minister
Syed
Mehdi
Shah
today
added
more
controversy
to
the
ongoing
marriage
saga
of
Pakistani
cricketer
Shoaib
Malik
and
Indian
tennis
ace
Sania
Mirza
by
extending
an
invitation
to
the
couple
to
spend
their
honeymoon
in
the
province.
Shah"s
invite
to
this
high
profile
Indo-Pak
couple
is
being
seen
as
a
ploy
to
further
internationalise
the
Kashmir
dispute.
Gilgit-Baltistan
is
a
part
of
the
undivided
state
of
Jammu
and
Kashmir
and
the
Pakistani
authorities
have
been
attempting
to
delink
Gilgit
from
the
Kashmir
issue
by
making
it
Pakistan"s
fifth
province.
The
move
to
delink
Gilgit
has
met
with
strong
international
criticism
and
the
invite
today
to
Sania
and
Shoaib
is
seen
as
an
attempt
by
Islamabad
to
have
Gilgit
declared
a
part
of
Pakistan.
Shah
said
both
Sania
and
Shoaib
would
be
given
official
protocol
in
Gilgit
if
they
decide
to
visit
the
region
after
their
marriage.
“The
people
of
Gilgit
would
be
delighted
if
Shoaib
and
Indian
tennis
player
Sania
could
spend
their
honeymoon
in
the
province," Shah
said
in
a
statement.
Clouds
of
uncertainty
still
hover
over
the
Shoaib-Sania
wedding,
since
the
media
flashed
news
about
their
marriage.
A
Hyderabad-based
girl,
Ayesha
Siddiqui,
had
lodged
a
complaint
of
'fraud" and
'cheating"
against
Shoaib,
claiming
that
she
was
already
married
to
him.
On
Wednesday,
after
the
intervention
of
community
leaders,
Shoaib
divorced
Ayesha,
who
had
earlier
claimed
that
they
had
both
got
married
in
2002.
Shoaib
signed
the
talaqnama
(divorce
papers)
after
the
leaders
said
that
the
public
splashing
and
scrutiny
of
the
episode
had
brought
a
bad
name
to
the
community.
As
of
now,
the
star
couple
would
tie
the
nuptial
knot
on
April
15
in
Hyderabad.