I wonder at the bizarre show of euphoria on the marriage of Shoaib with Sania. Both the Government and the citizens of the Islamic Republic of Pakistan seem to have gone berserk on the event forgetting all moral degradation shown by this ‘kanjar -show’ (show by professional entertainers); the Government, by giving VIP treatment to the couple; Shoaib, by lying about his first marriage and Sonia, while being a ‘gher-mehram’, in supporting him in that lie, and thus all disgracing the very institution of marriage and making it just a ‘kanjar show’.

It recalls to me the famous couplet from Sahir Ludhianwi’s poem ‘Taaj Mahal’:

“Ik shaahenshah ne doulat ka sahaara lekar
Ham gharibon ki mohabat ka urhaaya he mizaaq”

It may be slightly modified to describe the Shoaib-Sania show with apology to Sahir:

“Ik ‘kanjar’ (professional entertainer) ne doulat ka sahaara le kar
Ham gharibon ki shaadi ka urhaaya he mizaaq”

(A professional entertainer making a show of his wealth has made fun of the marriages of the poor)

All kudos to Indian Muslims who took notice of the disgraceful behaviour of Shoaib and Sonia in making a mockery of the sacred institution of marriage and humiliating the first wife of Shoaib, Aishah, and her family.