Islamabad, Sep 30 - Tennis star Sania Mirza and her cricketer husband Shoaib Malik Thursday met with Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari to discuss launching a fund-raising campaign for the flood victims in the country.

The couple expressed grief over the devastation caused by the floods in Pakistan, the official APP news agency reported. They met him at Aiwan-e-Sadr (his official residence here).

They told the president that they would play exhibition matches both within and outside the country to help raise funds for the affected people.

If hearsays are to be trusted, ace tennis star Sania Mirza and her hubby Shoaib Malik will be the part of the fourth term of Indian reality show 'Bigg Boss 4'.

Pakistani cricketer Malik was dragged into a debate earlier this year when his first wifey in threatened to take legal action him prior to his wedding ceremony to Sania.

Sania also came to limelight after breaking her engagement with her childhood pal Sohrab Mirza to marry with Shoaib.

The news doing the rounds is that Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, who tied nuptial knot with Indian tennis player Sania Mirza, joined hands with Bollywood actor Salman Khan to play against Pakistan.

At the Dubai sports city on Thursday, Malik created cricketing history by playing in Sallu's Indian team against his fellow team- mates headed by Shoaib Akhtar who played against Salman's 'being human' team from the Hindi film industry.

Apparently, Shoaib was reluctant to play against Pakistan team. It was wife Sania who convinced him.

The Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) has decided to take away the one-year ban on former skipper Shoaib Malik.

The board imposed the suspension and a fine of Rs 2 million for bad behavior in the national team's unsuccessful tour of Australia earlier this year.

But, the board yesterday asked arbitrator Irfan Qadir to lift the ban.

Qadir also decided to halve the fine on Malik.

PCB advocate Talib Rizvi said, "We (PCB) had watched Malik's attitude and conduct over the last three months and proposed that ban should be lifted."

After much-controversial couple, Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik had just started to move out of the controversies after their marriage but perhaps the couple is still far from getting over with its troubles soon.

After the Pakistani Cricketer Shoaib Malik demanded a whopping Rs. 35 million for media rights of his 'walima' reception, that took place on the 25th April in his hometown, Sialkot, the Pakistani media was very angry over his move.

Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik strengthen their bond by entering into beautiful relationship of husband and wife on April 12 at Hyderabad. Their guest list comprised of many famous personalities related to different fields like Salman Khan, Arbaaz Khan, Sohail Khan, Mahesh Bhupathi, Leander Paes and many more to attend their wedding reception.

Sania Mirza was always in news because of her link ups in past, considering the past affairs, Shahid Kapoor was not invited for the marriage though Sania claimed Shahid as her very good friend.

According to the latest reports, a Pakistan-based lawyer hired by Ayesha Siddiqui, the Indian girl claiming to be Pakistan cricketer Shoaib Malik's wife, will file a case against the cricketer, accused of dumping her without a formal divorce.

Ayesha's father Mohammed Siddiqui had contacted him from India over the telephone and asked him to file a case against Shoaib, said Farooq Hassan.

According to reports, Ayesha's family had sent a legal notice to Shoaib, but Hassan said that he was not aware of this.

Sources revealed that Shoaib and Sania's marriage is on cards on April 11 at Hyderabad.

On the other hand, Ayesha Siddiqui who claimed herself as wife of Shoaib Malik is planning to register a case against Malik for marrying and leaving her without giving formal divorce.

The Pakistani Barrister, Farooq Hassan told that Ayesha’s father Ahmed Siddiqui called him from India and asked him to file a case against Malik.

Hassan has not yet decided on what grounds and under which law should he file a case against Malik.

Hyderabad, April 4 - Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik continued to stay in the residence of Indian tennis star Sania Mirza amid speculation that their marriage was being advanced to avoid any problems due to the raging row over Shoaib's alleged first marriage with a resident of this city.

Tennis star Sania Mirza, for her decision to marry Pakistani cricketer Shoaib Malik, has been lashed out at by the right-wing of Shiv Sena.

Sania should marry an Indian if she wishes to play for India, adding that she is longer an Indian. Had she truly been an Indian at heart, she would not have chosen a Pakistani, the Shiv Sena said in the party mouthpiece ''Saamna.''

The Shiv Sena, further objecting to Sania's marriage, asserted she should marry an Indian in order to retain Indian nationality.

Johannesburg, Sep. 28 : Pakistani batsman Shoaib Malik has attributed his match-winning innings against India in Centurion to the fact that he always tries to give his best against arch-rival India.

“My record against India speaks for itself. I try to give my best against India and that is why I have been able to score four out of seven of my hundreds against them,” The News quoted Malik, as saying.

Malik said he and partner Mohammad Yousuf mainly concentrated on the cover area to steal as many runs as possible.

Centurion, Sep. 27 : Pakistan middle-order batsman Shoaib Malik has refused to open the innings in case the team management decides to send him up the batting order as the regular openers have not been so successful in the ongoing Champions Trophy, The News reports.

According to sources privy to the Pakistani dressing room, Malik is reluctant to open the innings which has forced the team management to drop Misbah-ul Haq in order to accommodate captain Younis Khan.

Karachi, sep. 17 : Former Pakistan all rounder captain Shoaib Malik has described the forthcoming ICC Champions Trophy tougher than the World Cup and said that any of the eight participating teams could win the coveted trophy as there were no favourites.

“The Champions Trophy is more competitive than the World Cup and no team is favourite to win the title,” Malik told media persons here.

Lahore, June 26 : Former Pakistan captain Shoaib Malik has attributed the team's World Twenty20 win to the special sessions conducted by a sports psychologist ahead of their visit to England.

Praising captain Younis Khan for his skills, Malik said the sessions that the team had with the psychologist, greatly helped the players to overcome their negative frame of mind and focus on the target only.

Lahore, Jan. 28 : Shoaib Malik's removal from the captaincy of the national squad has sparked fresh controversy in the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), as the Board's Director General, Javed Miandad, has openly expressed his displeasure over his sudden sacking.

Miandad said that he would have personally liked to solve the problem in the team, and that Malik should have been given more time to sought out things.

Karachi, Jan 27 : Pakistan batsman Younis Khan has emerged as the front-runner to replace Shoaib Malik as skipper ahead of the two-Test series against Sri Lanka after they were thrashed badly by the Lankans in the just concluded ODI series.

Shoaib Malik's is in the line of fire after being retained as Pakistan captain in December 2008, for an `indefinite' period, after his team's performance hit rock bottom against Sri Lanka on home soil, The News reported.

A detailed report has been demanded by Pakistan cricket authorities from Captain Shoaib Malik and Coach Intikhab Alam regarding their team's loss against Sri Lanka in the recent one-day series.

The biggest one day defeat was faced by Pakistan as the team was beaten by Sri Lanka by 234 runs in the third day-night international at Lahore on Saturday. Sri Lanka had a 2-1 win in the three-match series.

The first match was however won by Pakistan by eight wickets in Karachi before losing the second by 129 runs, also in Karachi.

Lahore, Jan. 25 : Shocked after suffering his worst ever defeat in one day internationals, Pakistan cricket captain, Shoaib Malik has admitted that his team failed in all departments of the game during the series against Sri Lanka.

Malik said losing the home series was a big disappointment for him.

"It is not an encouraging result, of course, it is a disappointment as we flopped in batting and bowling and it was not that kind of the performance and result I was looking forward," he said at his post match press conference on Saturday.

Lahore, Jan. 24: Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik has denied making any comments on Shoaib Akhtar's commitment on the field during the first two matches of the Sri Lanka series.

Malik said that he was misinterpreted by the media, as he was talking about the commitment of the whole team and never pointed fingers to any individual, The News reported.

"I was talking about the 11 players who played the match and people did not understand me," Malik said.

Lahore, Jan 7 : Pakistan cricket captain Shoaib Malik has said that he is ready to take the national team to the top of the cricket rankings after his tenure as skipper was renewed for an indefinite period.

The Pakistan Cricket Board last week opted to keep 26-year-old Malik on as captain for the foreseeable future, with PCB chairman Ijaz Butt saying there was "no reason to replace him" when his tenure expired on December 31.

The News quoted Malik as saying that the move had motivated him to take Pakistan to new heights.