Our wedding story

Ayesha&Bilal

18 · 10 · 2026

Sunday

Pearl Continental

Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Lahore

The beginning

Two people. One beautiful story.

We met in a room full of people we both knew and spent the whole evening talking to each other. Seven years later, this page is where the rest of it lives.

Ayesha

Teaches maths, drinks her chai too sweet, and has never once been late.

Daughter of Mr & Mrs Tariq Mahmood

Bilal

Builds bridges for a living and still cannot find his car keys.

Son of Mr & Mrs Naveed Akhtar

A bride in red and a groom in a turban standing together under the trees

The couple walking down a leafy path in red

And then, there was us.

Our story

Seven years in four photographs, and the small moments that turned into the big one.

2019
The first hello
A cousin's mehndi, a borrowed chair and a conversation that ran until the lights were switched off.
2021
The first adventure
Four days north with two bags and no plan. They came back with the same argument and a better answer.
2024
The question
He practised for a week and forgot every word of it. She said yes before he finished the first line.
2026
The yes
Two families, one date, and a year of lists that nobody quite followed.

The celebrations

Four evenings, told one at a time.

Every function with its date, its hour and its hall, and the whole wedding saved to your calendar in one tap.

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01
Mehndi
An evening of colour, music and celebration.
Friday, 16 October · 7:00 pmThe family home, Gulberg
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02
Baraat
The day we begin forever.
Saturday, 17 October · 7:00 pmPearl Continental, Lahore
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03
Nikah
A promise witnessed by the people we love.
Saturday, 17 October · 9:00 pmPearl Continental, after dinner
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04
Walima
Celebrating the beginning of our next chapter.
Sunday, 18 October · 8:00 pmPearl Continental, Marquee Hall
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The gallery

Tap any photograph to open it full screen, then swipe or use the arrow keys to move through them.

A bride in ivory and gold holding red flowers

The couple walking together through the trees

The bride's parents dressed for the walima

Hands held at the nikah, embroidered sleeve and red bangles

The bride in a red and gold lehenga, walking down a leafy path

The groom in a red sherwani, walking beside her

Marigold garlands hanging against the sky

A laughing bride sitting between her mother and father

Hennaed hands with green bangles and rings

A groom in a black and gold sherwani and turban

A groom in a rose garland signing the nikah papers

Our letter

To everyone who has been part of our journey,

thank you for loving us, for feeding us, for driving across the city at short notice,

and for being here for this chapter.

With love, Ayesha & Bilal

A couple in wedding clothes sitting together on a small bridge

The guestbook

Leave a memory.

A line, a wish, a thing you remember. We are keeping every one of them.

“Watching you both begin this chapter was truly unforgettable.”
Sarah
“Twelve years of friendship and I have never seen him this calm. That is her doing.”
Hamza
“I prayed for this exact evening. Come and eat something before you dance.”
Nani

A bride and groom walking through a white arched corridor

The venue

Pearl Continental

Shahrah-e-Quaid-e-Azam, Lahore

Sunday, 18 October · 8:00 pm

Parking is under the hotel, and the Marquee Hall is on the ground floor. Ask for the Mahmood wedding.

Until the walima

The couple standing under a large old tree — The walk we keep taking

Thank you for being part of our story.

With love, Ayesha & Bilal

18 · 10 · 2026

The first hello

The first adventure

The question

The yes

Mehndi

Baraat

Nikah

Walima

Pearl Continental

Thank you for being part of our story.