Nobel laureate and education activist Malala Yousafzai got married to Asser Malik on Tuesday in a small intimate Nikkah ceremony in Birmingham, central England. Malala Yousafzai took everyone by surprise as she announced her wedding. Malala shared the pictures from the Nikkah ceremony where the couple looked happy together as they posed for the camera while holding hands.
Ever since the news was announced, there has been a lot of curiosity over Asser Malik and his background. Malala’s husband, Asser Malik is the General Manager High Performance for the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He joined the organization in May 2020, according to his LinkedIn profile. The man, in fact, has had a cricketing background throughout his career. He has shared several photos from various cricket events on his Instagram page.
Prior to taking on a job with PCB, Asser Malik had a high-ranking role in an amateur league that revitalized Pakistani interest in the bat-and-ball sport. Asser was a managing director of a player-management agency and franchise owner in the amateur league Last Man Stand, according to ESPN cricinfo. He has also worked with Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans as an operational manager and also ran a player management agency.
Asser Malik received his bachelor’s degree in economics and political science in 2012 (2008-2012) from Lahore University of Management Sciences (LUMS). He has also been associated with theatres as he also noted that he was the President of Dramaline, an organization that did theater productions.
Though it is not clear since when Asser Malik and Malala Yousafzai know each other but the pair have at least known each other since June 2019. He had shared a group selfie on Instagram of him cheering for Pakistan at the Edgbaston Stadium in Birmingham, UK and Malala was with him then.
