The former Pakistani fast bowler Shoaib Akhtar will tie the knot on 20th June 2014 with a 17 year old girl from Haripur. According to reports the two families met during Hajj last year and gradually the two families got to know each other. The 17 year old girl, Rubab, has finished her intermediate and is a resident of Haripur. The two families have been willing to marry Rubab with Shoaib Akhtar since a long time, but the date was finalized recently.
The Pakistani fast bowler has however dismissed such reports as false and has repeatedly said that all news regarding is marriage are false. His apparent marriage ceremony on 20th June in Bilawal marriage hall and valima ceremony on 22nd June in Rawalpindi has been denied by Shoaib Akhtar, stating that these are all rumours.
Members of Akhtar’s family had confirmed Shoaib Akhtar’s marriage on 20th June and that he will be visiting his hometown on 12 June for his marriage. But Akhtar tweeted that these were all rumours and that he was not getting married to a 17 year old girl. He said that the media should at least respect the girl, if not him.