Shaheen Afridi to get engaged with Shahid Afridi’s daughter

Islamabad: Pakistan’s star bowler Shaheen Shah Afridi and celebrated cricketer Shahid Afridi’s eldest daughter Aqsa Afridi to get engaged soon, confirmed former’s family on Saturday.

Ayaz Khan, the father of Shaheen Afridi, told media that he had sent the proposal to Shahid Afridi’s family for his son and it has been accepted.

Shahid Afridi’s family said that since Shaheen is playing cricket and Shahid Afridi’s daughter is still studying, the engagement has not yet been formally announced.

They said that the engagement could be formalised shortly before the wedding in two years’ time.

The family has requested that the matter not be speculated on. Shahid Afridi will make a proper announcement when the time is right, they said.

The statement comes after social media was flooded with reports that Shaheen Afridi and Aqsa Afridi have got engaged with people congratulating both families.

The new relationship will have two common things. One that the to-be-couple belongs to same tribe, Afridi, and second is that both are twenty years old. (Agency)