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How Zayn Malik dating Gigi Hadid is #bhabigoals for Pakistan

How Zayn Malik dating Gigi Hadid is #bhabigoals for Pakistan

Could Gigi-Zayn pave the way for love between Sheheryar Munawar and Kendall Jenner? Hamza Ali Abbasi and Taylor Swift?
21 Dec, 2015

Although he doesn't talk about it, ex-One Direction member Zayn Malik is certified Pakistani.

He topped this 'hottest Asian of the year' list. He's a Palestine supporter. His middle name is Javad.

And that's proof enough for us to claim him as our own!

Which is why Pakistani girls around the world waited impatiently for him to a) come of age b) become single. While they rejoiced the end of his two-year engagement with Perrie Edwards, the latest development in his love life (coming to us via his Instagram account) may burst their bubble:

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Yup, there you have it — Zayn Malik is apparently dating supermodel and all-round hottie Gigi Hadid. In one fell swoop, Zayn has disappointed desi girls and made desi boys proud. In fact, he's achieved the ultimate Pakistani objective: #BhabiGoals, to be exact.

Could Gigi Hadid be the new national bhabi?

There's no denying that every time a Pakistani man has scored a gori (or non-gori but still foreign) wife, we've rejoiced.

Cricketers Shoaib Malik and Wasim Akram brought home Sania Mirza and Shaniera Akram, and Pakistanis were quick to accept them as their bhabi.

The boys played well! Sania and Shoaib (left) and Wasim and Shaniera (right).
The boys played well! Sania and Shoaib (left) and Wasim and Shaniera (right).

While Sania Mirza shrugged off the honorific title, Shaniera Akram's taken it in her stride (though she was briefly confused about being called Barbie).

Back in the day when Imran Khan married Jemima, we thrilled at the conquest and speculated about what it was exactly that made Pakistani men so appealing to the foreign woman. And remember Lady Di's romance with Hasnat Khan? Just the thought of maybe having Di as a bhabi was enough to induce a swoon.

The original national bhabi, Jemima Khan.
The original national bhabi, Jemima Khan.

In fact, we're already mentally scrolling through a list of foreign supermodels/actresses/singers who might be eligible to date our Pakistani celebs who are single and on the market. Could Gigi-Zayn pave the way for a union between, lets say, Sheheryar Munawar and Kendall Jenner? Hamza Ali Abbasi and Taylor Swift?

Match made in heaven? Hamza Ali Abbasi and the voice of teenage angst!
Match made in heaven? Hamza Ali Abbasi and the voice of teenage angst!
Also: Sheheryar Munawar and fellow good-looker, Kendall Jenner.
Also: Sheheryar Munawar and fellow good-looker, Kendall Jenner.

Yup, #Bhabigoals is a real thing, people.

Comments

taimoor khan Dec 21, 2015 06:03pm
Great achievement, hope more young Pakistanis make us proud.
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Masood Dec 21, 2015 06:45pm
He looks like a very decent guy, I know he is a very good singer and performer, as a matter of fact, he was the actual singer in that group. Let us wish him the best.
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Just here Dec 21, 2015 07:24pm
Wasim and Imran 's wives are beautiful
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Taimoor Khan Dec 21, 2015 08:50pm
And whos going to pair Imran Abbas? That would be interesting. He is arguably the most handsome man alive at present time.
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mohammed sarwar Dec 21, 2015 11:51pm
it's a small world. Zayn Malik was originally from East Bowling, Bradford, UK. I'm from the same place! but that's where the similarities end!
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nayyar Dec 22, 2015 02:40am
really good
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KAR Dec 22, 2015 06:07am
I think even Freddy Mercury is also Pakistani descent
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Shobhit Dec 22, 2015 07:53am
Wow, this your version of achievements ?
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khuram Dec 22, 2015 09:33am
Hilarious..
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MAH Dec 22, 2015 09:43am
What about some potential #DulhaBhaigoals ... I am sure we already have some, so lets do an article on them please :)
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Inspired_09 Dec 22, 2015 10:24am
Keep dreaming...
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irfan Dec 22, 2015 10:55am
Why we categorizing him as Pakistani...he is foreign national and has nothing to do with Pakistan....
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Laila Dec 22, 2015 03:12pm
Very disappointed with this article. It seems to set up the "White woman" as the ultimate goal, one which in our societies has been encouraged for years "Gori is gold" etc. We need equality. And as for what makes the "pakistani" man so attractive to the "white women", check the skin colour of all the men you have mentioned, quite fair-skinned or as they say in the west, "can pass"...the day that we see for it to be normal, for example, a dark skinned woman with a fair skinned Pakistani man will be the day to celebrate, and even, then, we should be celebrating real achievements like alleviating poverty, people who create real peace, help society etc. not this nonsense that just breeds envy and inequality.
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Khanra Dec 22, 2015 10:03pm
She is half Palestinian. Her father Mohammed Hadid is well know in Los Angeles as the designer of huge mansions.
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Hiba Dec 23, 2015 11:53am
@Taimoor Khan what
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Bisma Dec 23, 2015 02:21pm
Why would a union between Gigi and Zayn pave the way for anything? Are they breaking barriers in some kind od romantic racial war that I hadn't heard of - or is it that this post has imagined it knows what the readers think and wants to mock us, It wants to poke fun at our preconceived notions but the fact is they are your preconceived notions too so regressive posts like this are a PART of the problem. Ethnocentric and gender-insensitive to its core, Terrible journalism if I ever saw it,
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Reallly Dec 24, 2015 01:17am
So, in the eyes of the author, somehow marrying a gori is a trophy which pakistani men should strive for. I really hope this was a comically editorial versus newsworthy material.
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Khan Saab Dec 24, 2015 04:03am
@taimoor khan what ?
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