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PAKISTAN cricket great Wasim Akram is engaged to marry Melbourne woman Shaniera Thompson. The famed left-arm bowler, 47, proposed on bended knee in their lounge room to Ms Thompson, 30. "It was the romantic moment of my life because it was so genuine," she said. A former public relations consultant from Brighton, Ms Thompson has converted to Islam, and will call Pakistan home. She said Akram was nervous about proposing in the traditional way. "He was really sweet about it. He asked me what my dream proposal would be and I said I'm not the type of woman that likes a big scene. I would want it to be at home or somewhere private. "Then I came into the lounge room and he was on his knee and asked me if I'd marry him." But the joyful mood was soon broken by a worried look on Thompson's face. She told Akram: "If we are doing this the traditional way, then you have to ask my father." He called Ms Thompson's father, who gave his blessing. The pair met in Melbourne in 2011 and Akram said he was happy he had found love. "I never thought I would get married again, but I am lucky and very happy to find love again," he said. "It just goes to show that life can give you a second chance." Akram's first wife, Huma, died in 2009. They had two boys, now aged 15 and 12. Read more: http://www.news.com.au/entertainment/celebrity/pakistan-cricket-great-wasim-akram-to-marry-melbourne-woman/story-e6frfmqi-1226675592370#ixzz2YNJ5bUAc
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October 25, 2009 : Akram's first wife died at the age 42 due to multiple organ failures

Huma Akram, the wife of former Pakistan captain Wasim Akram, died on Sunday after developing heart and kidney complications. She was admitted to the Apollo Hospital in Chennai last Tuesday after her condition deteriorated on board an air ambulance flying from Lahore to Singapore, where she was due to be treated at the Mount Elizabeth Hospital. She breathed her last around 9:45am, hospital sources informed. Huma, 42, is survived by two children, Taimur and Akbar, and arrangements are underway to fly her body back to Pakistan. A trained medical practitioner herself, she had stints with some of the leading hospitals in Pakistan as a psychologist and a hypnotherapist. In the mid-1990s, during her husband's second stint as captain, Huma also worked with the Pakistan team for a while as a psychological counsellor, helping players such as Saqlain Mushtaq. Wasim also regularly credited her for helping him mentally, especially in the aftermath of the players revolt against his captaincy in 1993-94. Ijaz Butt, the PCB chairman, also expressed his grief over the demise. "We are with Wasim and his family at this hour of need and pray to God to give them strength to bear this great and irreparable loss," he said. "All the management of PCB and fellow cricketers have also extended their condolences and prayed eternal peace for the departed soul." Wasim, 43, played 104 Tests and 356 ODIs during his 17-year career, before retiring in 2002 with 414 and 502 wickets in the respective formats.
http://www.espncricinfo.com/pakistan/content/story/431079.html
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Wheen I look at this pic all I'm trying to figure out is that watch! Is it a LV?
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