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Pakistan minister to present gold crowns to Shoaib and Sania

LAHORE: Pakistan's Population Welfare Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan said she would present cricketer Shoaib Malik and tennis star Sania Mirza with gold crowns on their arrival in the country after their wedding.

Awan, who represents Shoaib's hometown of Sialkot in parliament, said she plans to attend the wedding to be held in the Indian city of Hyderabad on April 15.

"I am going to India on April 14 to attend Shoaib and Sania's marriage," she said, adding that the marriage will help improve relations between India and Pakistan and bring the people of both countries closer to each other.

"I will hold a ceremony in Sialkot to place gold crown on the heads of Shoaib and Sania," she said.

Political leaders, members of the business community, cricketers and the media will be invited to the ceremony, the date for which will be finalised in consultation with the couple.

Awan said she would also present gifts on behalf of the President and Prime Minister of Pakistan to the couple.

The minister had earlier announced that she would gift a family planning kit to the couple and ask them to be ambassadors for Pakistan's population control programme.(http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/sports/events-tournaments/sania-shoaib-wedding/Pakistan-minister-to-present-gold-crowns-to-Shoaib-and-Sania/articleshow/5785513.cms)

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