Nice to see Pakistani News Media using the phrase "tie the knot' to imply Wedding. Tying knot to Chunari of the bride and Shawl of the groom while taking seven rounds around holy fire (saath phere), is purely an Indian (Hindu, Sikh, Jain etc..,) tradition. I've not heard of tying a knot in Muslim weddings.

she is unmarried na ?

If she just waited till the Dharna was over she could have married our beloved supreme leader Imran K

@Bahadur : Tying the know is a phrase. Please do not dig too deep just for the sake of criticism.

@Bahadur Not True. he word 'knot', although not in the phrase 'tie the knot', has been associated with marriage since at least the 13th century. The Legend of St. Katherine, circa 1225 used the Middle English 'cnotte', that is, 'knot', to mean 'the tie or bond of wedlock; the marriage or wedding knot': "Swa ye cnotte is icnut bituhhen unc tweien." E. and M. A. Radford's The Encyclopedia of Superstitions has it that: "In the seventeenth century, one or two of the bride-favours were always blue. These were knots of coloured ribbons loosely stitched on to the wedding gown, which were plucked off by the guests at the wedding feast, and worn as luck-bringers in the young men's hats." The expression was recorded in 1717 by the English poet and diplomat, Matthew Prior. In his humourous poem, Alma; or, The Progress of the Mind he includes: "So to the priest their case they tell: He ties the knot."

@Bahadur I've heard and am reading about the other wedding - on the dawn wensite too which is Non Muslim/Non Hindu as well, described the same way. tying the knot. was this nit picking really necessary?

@Bahadur, buddy, "tie the knot" is a universally used phrase meaning marriage, just google it, you'd find it, culture and religion doesn't matter. Cheers !!!

* Congratulations on TYING THE KNOT, Ms Abbasi. Your fans wish you all the best.

@Bahadur - Nice of you to claiming

@Bahadur This is an expression used generally everywhere, even in the Christian world. Stupid, why do you have to bring religion into everything!

good luck

@Bahadur It does not matter.

@Bahadur:: thank you, I learned something interesting today because of you.

@Bahadur do they call it tying the knot?

@Bahadur ARAB?

@Modi His loyalty is arab

Who is she?

@Bahadur, It is an english expression used in all english speaking countries, not tied to (pun definitely intended) any religion.

@Malik your comments are the best and who is the bridegroom?

All the best

Well, my intention of posting first comment was not to dig in to any religion but to highlight the cultural similarities we share even in borrowing words from other cultures. If cutting and pasting is the answer to everything, here is mine; The phrase 'tying the knot' means join a man and woman in marriage. Comes from the Hindu marriage (South Indian - Tamil/Telugu/Kannada/Malayalam) ritual of the Hindu man tying a sacred necklace ('Thaali') around the Hindu bride's neck which identifies her as a married woman. Apart from the Thaali, the toe rings (Metti), Kungumam (the red dot on the forehead), Valayal (bangles) and Mookuthi (nose rings) form the six symbols that indicate that a woman is married. In certain communities, the groom ties the first of the three knots. The origin of this practice predates Hinduism itself tracing back to the stone ages where ancient men of the region used to make the thaali necklace out of a tiger's canine (after killing them to win over their women with their bravery and valor). The British made it part of their lexicon with European 'Indology' studies during their colonial rule of India. 00 Comment

@Adnan Thanks to Wikipedia