Arthur Malik is a Pakistani businessman. From 2021, he serves as the High Performance General Manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB). He is best known for being the husband of Pakistani Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai.
Wiki/Biography
Asser Malik was born in 1994 in Lahore, Punjab, Pakistan (27 years old; as of 2021). He attended Aitchison College, Lahore. As a child, Axel excelled at sports and was a member of the school’s football and hockey teams. After completing his studies, Malik enrolled in Lahore University of Management Sciences to pursue a Bachelor of Science degree in Economics and Political Science. After graduation, Asser worked as a human resources intern at Engro Foods Limited in Pakistan for two months.
appearance
Height (approximately): 5′7″
Hair color: black
Eye color: black
family
Parents and siblings
Not much is known about his parents and siblings.
wife
On November 9, 2021, Arthur married Malala Yousafzai, a Pakistani female education activist, in a low-key nikah ceremony at Malala’s home in Birmingham, England. Malala shared the same details on Twitter, writing:
Today is a precious day in my life. Arthur and I got married and became lifelong partners. We celebrated a small nikah ceremony with family at home in Birmingham. Please send us your prayers. We are excited to be on this journey ahead together. “
Arthur Malick’s engagement photos
Asel Malik and Malala Yousafzai
Arthur Malick’s Nikka Ceremony
religion
Asser Malik was born in a Muslim family and believes in Islam.
Profession
Asser Malik started his career at the Dutch multinational AkzoNobel in June 2012 as Key Account Manager. He worked there for a year and then joined Coca-Cola Beverages Pakistan Limited as a management trainee. After some time, he was promoted to the company’s sales specialist. In 2014, he worked as activities coordinator at Lahore Grammar School, Paragon, Lahore. In February 2015, Malik co-founded Desi Tour Project, a disco tour bus designed to explore cultural and religious sites in Pakistan.
Asser Malik and his disco tour bus
From December 2018 to April 2019, worked at Pakistan’s professional Twenty20 franchise cricket team Multan Sultans as head of operations and special projects.
Later, he joined the Global Shapers community as a curator. He also served as Director of Operations for Grassroots Cricket. In April 2019, Malik became the managing director of MLK Management, the management agency for Pakistani cricketers. Arthur is the franchise owner of Last Man Stands, the world’s largest amateur cricket league in Pakistan.
Asser Malik wearing Last Man Stands T-shirt at Rawalpindi Cricket Stadium
From 2021, he serves as the High Performance General Manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB).
Axel Malik during Pakistan Super League (PSL)
Favorites
- Travel destination: Switzerland
Facts/Trivia
- Arthur likes to read in his spare time.
- He is fluent in three languages - Hindi, English and Urdu.
- Interestingly, just 4 months before marrying Asser Malik, Malala Yousafzai said in an interview with British Vogue that she was not sure whether she would marry someone in her life. she says,
I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you want to have someone in your life why do you have to sign marriage papers, why can’t it just be a partnership? “
- Asser Malik and Malala Yousafzai were first spotted together at a cricket match in 2019. Later, they appeared together many times in various cricket matches.
Asser Malik and Malala Yousafzai watch cricket match with friends
- In July 2021, Arthur attended Malala’s birthday celebration. He later shared a photo from her birthday celebrations on Twitter, in which they posed with a poster cutout of Shah Rukh Khan, and wrote:
Happy birthday to the most amazing @Malala @iamsrk who of course had to make a cameo. “
Photos from Malala’s birthday celebration
Categories: Biography
Source: HIS Education