Ex-Pak cricketer Javed Miandad praises Dawood Ibrahim: "Honoured that my son is married to his daughter"
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Islamabad, Mar 20: Pakistan's former cricket Javed Miandad captain feels honoured to have family ties with gangster Dawood Ibrahim and described the fugitive underworld don as someone who has "done a lot for Muslims". A video of him making these statements also went viral on the internet.
Interestingly, Miandad's son Junaid is married to Dawood's daughter Mahrukh. The couple's union was solemnised in Dubai in 2005 under unprecedented security cover. These remarks came when the cricket great told Pakistani journalist Hassan Nisar on the latter's YouTube channel.
“I have known him for a long time, from Dubai. It is an honour for me that his daughter married my son. My daughter-in-law is very well-educated; she studied in a convent school and went to a renowned university,"
“People have a wrong impression about Dawood's family", ”Miandad further said.
“Understanding the real Dawood Ibrahim is not easy. The way people think about the family, they are not like that. What he has done for Muslims will be written in letters of gold," he said.
EX-Pak cricketer Javed Miandad acknowledges family ties with Dawood Ibrahim
— IANS (@ians_india) March 19, 2024
(Video:-Hassan Nisar Vlogs)
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Netizens have also reacted to this viral video. An eminent journalist said, "Translation: "We jehadis of the subcontinent love Dawood Ibrahim for the 12 bomb blasts that killed 250 Hindus in Mumbai. We are such lowlifes that we adore terrorists and narco gangsters and don't mind marrying them."
Javed Miandad: "It's an honour for me that my son is married to Dawood Ibrahim's daughter. Dawood bhai is a different type of person. It's not easy to understand him. What he has done for Muslims will be written in letters of gold."
— Rakesh Krishnan Simha (@ByRakeshSimha) March 20, 2024
Translation: "We jehadis of the subcontinent… pic.twitter.com/QogYfWGsci
Dawood Ibrahim, an Indian national, is a ‘wanted terrorist’ in his native country, where he masterminded the March 1993 serial bomb blasts which claimed more than 250 lives in Mumbai, India's financial capital.
The head of ‘D-company,’ an organised crime syndicate he founded in Mumbai in the 1970s, is believed to be living in the posh Clifton locality of Pakistan's largest city Karachi. However, Pakistan has repeatedly denied that the gangster has lived, or is living on its soil.
Miandad played 124 Tests and 233 one-day internationals (ODIs) for Pakistan that spanned nearly 20 years (October 1976-March 1996). An extremely prolific batter, he scored 8832 runs and 23 centuries in Test cricket, while in ODIs, he scored 7381 runs with eight centuries. His batting average in the two formats was 52 and 41, respectively. The 66-year-old also had three stints as the national team's coach.