Congress president Sonia Gandhi has greeted Pakistan's cricket star Shoaib Malik and tennis ace Sania Mirza who will be tying the nuptial knot soon.
Meanwhile, relatives and friends of Sania have started gathering at her residence where festivities are on with dance and singing rehearsals.
A delegation of Pakistani Parliamentarians including Federal Minister Firdous Ashiq Awan will be attending the wedding ceremony which is scheduled to take place on April 15.
Pakistani cricketers Salman Butt, Inzimamul Haq and Rashid Latif are also expected to show up at the big event.
Preparations for the wedding of Sania Mirza and Shoaib Malik are in full swing as decoration work has begun at the bride's house.
Tents are being set up outside Sania's house for various rituals while roof and walls of the house are being illuminated with colourful lights.
The ceremonies in connection with the wedding of the two sporting stars will begin from April 13 (sangeet) and the reception will be arranged on April 15 at the Taj Krishna Hotel
The mood of tension and anxiety prevailing at Sania's house at Jubilee Hills for the past few days has now turned into that of celebrations with the arrival of relatives and friends.
The wedding invitations are being distributed and around 1000 guests are expected for the reception.
Shoaib's mother, brother, sister, brother-in-law, niece and nephew have already arrived in the city from Pakistan. Few more family members of Shoaib Malik are expected to arrive soon from Germany. The official celebrations would begin on April 13 with 'Sangeet' ceremony in which all of Sania and Shoaib's loved ones will perform.
On Saturday night, the two families played dumb charades and antakshari. Chinese cuisine one of the favourite of both the bride and bridegroom was made by Sania's aunts and served for the dinner.
Sania was in the mood to have some bhelpuri but due to media's presence outside the house, she had to remain content by eating it at home as her cousins and sisters helped her to get it from a local shop. The day ended with a usual strength of caroms with Sania's mother Naseema and Shoaib hogging the limelight.
Shoaib Malik's wedding outfit has arrived from Delhi. He will be wearing a 'sherwani' made by Shantanu and Nikhil. Sania's uncle Talat Aziz has graciously agreed to render 'ghazal' for the 'sangeet'. All of Sania's friends have just left after a tiring but fun session of dance rehearsals for the 'sangeet'.
