A whopping five million rupees was spent on the magnificent wedding reception of Indian tennis ace Sania Mirza and Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik in Sialkot, where flowers costing Rs. two million were brought to decorate the stage, and expert chefs from Lahore were brought for preparing the dishes.
Over one thousand guests attended the function at the Hockey Club of Pakistan in Sialkot on Sunday. It was a unique event for the people of Sialkot, who had been waiting for the arrival of cricketer Shoaib and tennis sensation Sania for the past several days. Only the people with special invitation were allowed to enter the venue amid tight security. Television channels reported that several relatives and friends of Shoaib could not hand over gifts to the newly-wed couple because of security restrictions.
The people of Sailkot welcomed the couple with folk dances to drumbeats and music. They also bought horses that danced to the drumbeats. The entire stadium was adorned for the occasion. Two trucks laden with flowers were used for decoration. The entire stadium was decorated for the occasion, and sixteen different types of flowers brought from a Lahore based firm were used to decorate the stage.
The guests at the function were served a large variety of cuisines, as the expert chefs prepared a combination of ‘desi’ and traditional meals of Punjab, The News reports.
Security was heightened inside and outside the club, and only the people with special invitations were allowed to enter the venue.
According to reports, several relatives and friends of Shoaib could not hand over gifts to the newly-wed couple because of the security restrictions.
The local administration’s insistence on enforcing the energy conversation measures also led to some problems during the function.
Shoaib and Sania came back to Lahore at 3-30 AM after attending the welcome dinner in Sialkot. They reached their room at the eighth floor of the hotel from the back door.
Sources said that the couple had a light breakfast this morning in their room after which they did not come out; while, Sania’s relatives took their breakfast in the lobby and returned to their rooms.
The relatives of Sania will visit various historic places of Lahore today and do shopping at markets. They will be accompanied by a security squad of police on the occasion.
For complete coverage of Sania - Shoaib Wedding Click here
No comments:
Post a Comment