Malala Yousafzai brought her hot husband to first Oscars

Pakistani female education activist and Nobel laureate Malala Yousafzai made her debut appearance at the Oscars along with her husband Asser Malik.

Malala, 25, who was the executive producer of Oscar-nominated documentary short Stranger at the Gate, looked elegant in a show-stopping hooded Ralph Lauren gown silver gown. 

Her husband Asser, 27,  looked dapper in a tailored black suit alongside his Nobel Peace Prize winner wife at the 95th Academy Awards.

The pair, who married at a nikah ceremony in Birmingham in 2021, posed up a storm on the champagne carpet on Sunday night.

After stunning the world with their appearance, social media has been abuzz about their relationship. 

The pair often share loved of snaps together on social media including a date night to NBA All Stars Weekend.  

MailOnline can reveal Malik spent his formative years studying at a private school in Pakistan, worked for Coca Cola and later became involved in entrepreneurship in the cricket-mad nation.  

In summer 2021, Malala had alluded to the fact she had met someone in 2019 – now revealed to be Malik – and questioned why people needed to get married in an interview with Vogue. 

And Instagram pictures confirm the couple shared their first social media appearance together that same year, watching England play Pakistan at the Cricket World Cup in the UK.

Malik was appointed high performance manager of the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB) in 2020.

He had previously worked as an operations manager for Pakistan Super League (PSL) franchise Multan Sultans.

Malik also runs an amateur league franchise called Last Man Stands in Pakistan, which he has described as an attempt to ‘revive grassroots cricket in Pakistan in an organised and structured way’. 

The pair often share loved of snaps together on social media including a date night to NBA All Stars Weekend in salt Lake City 

The pair shared snaps from a romantic trip to Cappadocia, in Turkey last year where they enjoyed a meal on a stunning rooftop  

The couple enjoyed a Newcastle United game last year which in known to be Asser’s favourite football club 

Malala and her new husband Asser Malik (centre) pose for a picture on their wedding day with her father Ziauddin Yousafzai and mother Toor Pekai Yousafzai in Birmingham

Malik and Malala cut the ceremonial wedding cake after tying the knot at a small ceremony in Birmingham 

His Twitter account is filled with vocal support for the empowerment of women’s cricket, something that may have stood him in good stead with new wife Malala, who describes herself as a cricket fan and played for Oxford University’s team. As well as being a cricket lover, Malik is a known supporter of Newcastle United FC.

He started school at the £175-per-month Aitchison College in Lahore in 1998, and then graduated from the Lahore University of Management Sciences in 2012 with a degree in economics and political science.  

After university, Malik worked for a host of companies in Pakistan, the biggest among them being Coca Cola, until he began working for the Multan Sultans in 2018.

In 2019, Malik moved on to player management and consultancy with MLK Management, where he served as managing director for just over a year.

It is unknown how long Malala and Mr Malik have been dating but he posted a picture of them together with friends in June 2019, watching England play Pakistan during the Cricket World Cup at Edgbaston in Birmingham.

Last year the loved-up pair made an appearance at Wimbledon to watch the international tennis tournament 

Malala and Asser have been enjoying married life over the past few years and sharing snaps from around the world 

Malala and Asser Malik pictured with friends in June 2019, watching the England versus Pakistan cricket game at Edgbaston

It’s also unclear where they plan on building their lives together, with Malala’s family known to reside in Birmingham, and Azsser’s job requiring him to be in close contact with the Pakistan national cricket team. 

In an interview with Vogue Magazine in 2021, Malala said she has only recently entertained thoughts of marriage after being lectured on the topic by her mother.

She said: ‘I still don’t understand why people have to get married. If you want to have a person in your life, why do you have to sign marriage papers, why can’t it just be a partnership?’

‘My mum is like: “Don’t you dare say anything like that! You have to get married, marriage is beautiful.”‘

Malala wrote: ‘Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for life’

Nobel laureate Malala and Asser Malik signing the register at their wedding in Birmingham

In an interview with Vogue, Malala teased the fact she never considered getting married until the second year of her PPE degree at Oxford University – which would have started in 2019. 

She also spoke of how her father was often propositioned by prospective families looking for her hand in marriage in Pakistan. 

The couple may have first crossed paths while working for the World Economic Forum’s Global Shapers Community, where Malik started out as a curator from 2016 and Malala spoke at global conferences.

Malala shared sweet photographs from the wedding day, where she wore a beautiful pink bridal gown, to Twitter.

She captioned the photographs: ‘Today marks a precious day in my life. Asser and I tied the knot to be partners for life. 

‘We celebrated a small nikah ceremony at home in Birmingham with our families. Please send us your prayers. We are excited to walk together for the journey ahead.’ 

On his own Twitter post, Malala’s father said he and his wife were ‘overwhelmed with joy and gratitude.’ adding ‘Alhamdulillah,’ an Arabic phrase meaning ‘praise be to God’.

This summer, Malala had alluded to the fact she had met someone in 2019 – now revealed to be Mr Malik (above) – and questioned why people needed to get married in an interview with Vogue

After university, Malik worked for a host of companies in Pakistan, the biggest among them being Coca Cola, until he began working for the Multan Sultans in 2018. In 2019, Malik moved on to player management and consultancy with MLK Management, where he served as managing director for just over a year

Malala also alluded to the fact she had met someone who was ‘great’ and may have changed her perspective on marriage in her Vogue interview.

‘I would say that I have come across people who have been great, and I hope that I do find someone who understands me, respects me, and loves me and takes care of me. 

‘Even until my second year of university, I just thought, “I’m never going to get married, never going to have kids – just going to do my work”. 

‘I’m going to be happy and live with my family forever.’

‘I didn’t realise that you’re not the same person all the time. You change as well and you’re growing.’