{"id":298083,"date":"2021-02-02T11:01:42","date_gmt":"2021-02-02T06:01:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/?p=298083"},"modified":"2021-02-02T11:41:54","modified_gmt":"2021-02-02T06:41:54","slug":"ex-minister-iftikhar-gilani-ties-the-knot-with-a-21-year-old-girl-pictures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/ex-minister-iftikhar-gilani-ties-the-knot-with-a-21-year-old-girl-pictures\/","title":{"rendered":"Ex-Minister Iftikhar Gilani Ties the Knot With a 21-year-old [Pictures]"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>As news of ex-minister Iftikhar Gilani made headlines the public has a lot to say. The most appalling detail is the 59-year-age gap between the 80-year-old politician and his new bride.<\/p>\n<p>Word broke out on social media that Pakistan People&#8217;s Party (PPP) leader is set to get married, and soon enough, pictures of\u00a0 the 80-year-old, former federal minister Iftikhar Gilani&#8217;s wedding to a 21-year-old girl went viral.<\/p>\n<p>While some people just congratulated the PPP politician, others bashed the senior citizen. People are <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/search?q=Syed%20Iftikhar%20Hussain%20Gilani%20&amp;src=typed_query\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">on the fence<\/a> with the issue.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"und\" dir=\"ltr\">\u06a9\u0646\u0648\u0627\u0631\u0648\u06ba \u06a9\u06d2 \u062d\u0642 \u067e\u0631 \u0688\u0627\u06a9\u06c1\ud83d\ude1d\ud83d\ude09<\/p>\n<p>Ex Minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani married at the age 80.\ud83e\udd14\ud83e\udd2d <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/SEfeeqh2fF\">pic.twitter.com\/SEfeeqh2fF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u0627\u062e\u0631\u0648\u0679 \u062e\u0627\u0646\u2764\ufe0f (@AkhroatKhan) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AkhroatKhan\/status\/1355852172907474944?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">and what about our Ex Minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani married at age 80. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/HBim5lS6Pa\">pic.twitter.com\/HBim5lS6Pa<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udd44\ud835\udd63 \u2119\ud835\udd63\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd64\ud835\udd5a\ud835\udd55\ud835\udd56\ud835\udd5f\ud835\udd65 (@maax_kahn63) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/maax_kahn63\/status\/1355906855432806402?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Another son of the *Fertile soil* of Kohat &#8211; <\/p>\n<p>Iftikhar Hussain Gilani, married at age of 80. <\/p>\n<p>So all of us still have a chance to go for one more if not two. <\/p>\n<p>\ud83d\ude09 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/9yNtDYl7N6\">pic.twitter.com\/9yNtDYl7N6<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; zeebar (@paygee1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/paygee1\/status\/1355556677471399936?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 30, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/samina-ahmed-and-manzar-sehbai-are-now-married\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Samina Ahmed and Manzar Sehbai Are Now Married!<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>However, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.instagram.com\/p\/CKv4tpFK_Hw\/?igshid=1rr4b8c3q91i0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener noreferrer\">writer Ashraf Chaudhry<\/a> rushed to his defense saying it is better to publicly get married rather than having a secret affair. He also Iftikhar Gilani&#8217;s wedding photos and wrote that it is better to get married in public than to have a secret affair. Some Netizens agreed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Ex Minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani married at age 80. <\/p>\n<p>Appreciate marriages ! <br \/>Shadi at any age is Better than Najaiz Taluqat  ! <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/pD4NcYeYtC\">pic.twitter.com\/pD4NcYeYtC<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \ud835\udcd0\ud835\udcfb\ud835\udcee \ud835\udd03\ud835\udcee\ud835\udcee (@bhattispeaks) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/bhattispeaks\/status\/1355886667471720451?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Former federal minister Iftikhar Gilani&#8217;s marriage to a girl 59 years his junior has drawn mixed reactions from social media users.<\/p>\n<p>Generally, people was shocked at this rather &#8216;outrageous&#8217; match, with many criticizing the former minister for marrying a girl 59 years his junior. While others people congratulated him on his marriage.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"ca\" dir=\"ltr\">Ex Minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani married at age 80.<br \/>\u0627\u0646 \u06a9\u0648 congrats \u06a9\u0631\u0648 \u0627\u0648\u0631 \u0645\u062c\u06be\u06d2 \u0632\u06c1\u0631 \u062f\u06d2 \u062f\u0648\ud83d\ude25\ud83d\ude25 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/uqLYY5rumi\">pic.twitter.com\/uqLYY5rumi<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; \u067e\u064c\u06be\u0648 \u067e\u064f\u06be\u0648 \u06a9\u0627 \u0644\u0627\u0688\u0644\u06c1 \ud83c\udde9\ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddf5\ud83c\uddf0 (@AbsoLLutely_Not) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AbsoLLutely_Not\/status\/1355940970890670087?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Iftikhar Gilani is already married and has two daughters and a son. Although photographs of the supposedly second marriage have gone viral now, it is unclear when exactly the marriage took place.<\/p>\n<p>It may be noteworthy that former federal minister Syed Iftikhar Hussain Gilani was born in Kohat on July 18, 1940. He is one of the founding members of the PPP and became federal law minister in Benazir Bhutto&#8217;s first government. Later in 2011, he joined Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) but only a year later abandoned ship to join Pakistan Muslim League Nawaz (PML-N) in 2012.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p style=\"text-align: center; letter-spacing: 5px; font-size: 16px; margin: 0;\">ALSO READ<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a style=\"font-size: 20px; font-weight: 600; font-family: Raleway ,sans-serif;\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/8-year-old-child-forced-into-marriage-to-moneylender-as-father-defaults-on-loan\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">8 Year Old Child Forced into Marriage to Moneylender as Father Defaults on Loan<\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As news of ex-minister Iftikhar Gilani made headlines the public has a lot to say. The most appalling detail is the 59-year-age gap between the 80-year-old politician and his new bride. Word broke out on social media that Pakistan People&#8217;s Party (PPP) leader is set to get married, and soon enough, pictures of\u00a0 the 80-year-old, former federal minister Iftikhar Gilani&#8217;s [&hellip;] <a class=\"g1-link g1-link-more\" href=\"https:\/\/propakistani.pk\/lens\/ex-minister-iftikhar-gilani-ties-the-knot-with-a-21-year-old-girl-pictures\/\">More<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":53,"featured_media":298122,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1298,2199,2373,1291],"tags":[],"adace-sponsor":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-298083","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-culture","8":"category-featured","9":"category-rumor","10":"category-social-media"},"wps_subtitle":"The age gap is rather alarming. This will be Gilani's second marriage. 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