The daughter of international fugitive and India's most wanted, Dawood Ibrahim, is to marry the son of Pakistan's former cricket captain Javed Miandad, a report said yesterday.
The marriage of Ebrahim's daughter, identified only as Mahrukh, to Miandad's son, will take place in Karachi next month and will be followed by a reception in Dubai on July 22, The Times of India reported.
The proposal for the alliance was first mooted by Dawood's wife, Mehaja-been, to the wife of Pakistan's former ace batsman, the report said.
The suggestion was "welcomed... instantly and enthusiastically," the report said. The newspaper did not identify the son by name or give the precise date of the wedding.
Dawood will be present at the Karachi wedding but not at the Dubai reception, the report said. India has an extradition treaty with Dubai but not with Pakistan.
The guest list for the two events included the who's who of Pakistani society, it added.
Ebrahim, son of a former police constable, is wanted in India on charges of masterminding serial bombings in Mumbai that killed 300 people and left 1,000 injured in March 1993.
Meanwhile, Miandad said yesterday his son will marry the daughter of Dawood Ebrahim.
"I confirm that my son and Dawood's (Ebrahim) daughter are engaged, and I am going to invite all my friends when the wedding will take place," he said.
Miandad said currently his son is studying in Britain and "I want him to concentrate on his studies."
Miandad had three times coached the Pakistan national cricket team since he retired from international cricket in 1994. He played 124 test matches and scored 8,832 runs.
He also featured in 233 one-day internationals in which he scored 7,381 runs.
Pakistan and India have fought three wars after gaining independence from Britain in 1947.
They have often accused each other of acts of terrorism in their countries for decades.
But last year, the two nations exchanged lists of dozens of wanted terrorists and criminal suspects believed to be taking refuge in the two countries.
Ebrahim is one of 20 people India demanded Pakistan hand over in the wake of a December 2001 attack on the Indian parliament, which New Delhi said was carried out by Pakistani-backed militants.
Pakistan has repeatedly ruled out sending the men on the list to India and denied Ebrahim lives in the country.
In 2003, the United States labelled Ebrahim a "specially designated global terrorist" and identified him as a resident of the city of Karachi.
The notice also gave Ebrahim's telephone and Pakistani passport numbers.
