Yaser Malik: Everything About Zayn’s Father

Yaser Malik is the father of Zayn Malik. Yaser’s son Zayn is a British singer who was a member of the popular boy band One Direction, which is one of the best-selling boy bands of all time. He left the group and signed a solo recording contract with RCA Records. He released his debut studio album, Mind of Mine (2016), one year after he departed from One Direction.

Yaser Malik: Bio Summary

Who Is Zayn’s Father, Yaser Malik?

Thanks to Zayn’s fame and success, several people are eager to know about his personal life, which is why his parents appear on the list of the most searched personalities on the internet. Zayn’s father Yaser Malik is in the spotlight because of his son. Yaser was born on September 10, 1969, in Pakistan. He is 54 years old as of 2023.

Yaser Malik is of Pakistani descent and a Muslim. Although Yaser was born in Pakistan, he was raised as a British citizen in the United Kingdom since birth. He met and married Patricia “Trisha” Malik (née Brannan), a British of English and Irish descent. His wife Trisha converted to Islam after their marriage. Trisha worked as a halal chef at a primary school, cooking meals for Muslim children.

Yaser and Trisha have four children, three girls and one boy. Their children are Doniya Malik, Zayn Malik, Waliyha Malik, and Safaa Malik. Yaser and Trisha’s children had an Islamic upbringing. “I made sure the children went to the mosque. Zayn has read the Quran three times,” Trisha said. Yaser has loved and cared for his son and daughters.

Zayn once revealed that Yaser, the father of four stayed home to look after him and his sisters while his mother worked at her family pub. Yaser is a very supportive father but he refused to attend his daughter, Waliyha Malik’s wedding with Junaid Khan in 2020. Yaser Malik didn’t approve of the man his daughter Waliyha wanted to marry because he is an ex-convict.

Waliyha Malik married Junaid Khan in a beautiful traditional Islamic ceremony. Junaid was jailed in 2017 for a carjacking incident and in 2014, he was sentenced to 15 months in a young offender’s institution, suspended for two years, for his involvement in a family dispute that led to a relative being stabbed.

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According to Latif Yasin, a Bradford-based wedding and events planner who was present at Waliyah and ex-convict Junaid’s wedding, he asked of Yaser and was told by a relative that “he wasn’t attending because he’s not happy at all with Waliyha’s choice of partner.” Latif told Daily Mail:

“‘I was told not to mention it all and you could see that everybody knew about Yaser not being happy, but nobody spoke about it. I wouldn’t say it ruined things, but it certainly was hanging over the whole occasion.” Zayn also did not attend the wedding. Yaser Malik is a private person. His son Zayn revealed that his father is a reserved, shy man who loves living in Bradford.

Yaser Malik is a celebrity parent but prefers to live a low-key life away from the spotlight. He has contributed to his son Zayn’s successful music career. Zayn has made it known that Yaser was a significant influence in his career. He was influenced by Yaser’s urban records, including those by R. Kelly, Usher, Prince, 2Pac, Biggie, and Yellowman.

“My main influences in music came from my dad,” Zayn said. “It was a lot of R&B, a lot of R. Kelly, a lot of Usher, a lot of Donell Jones, a lot of Prince. He used to play a lot of rap as well, 2Pac and Biggie. A lot of bop, a lot of reggae, Gregory Isaac, and weird artists like Yellowman.” Yaser’s son Zayn rose to fame as a member of One Direction.

Zayn left the group in 2015 and has since focused on his solo career. He is not only known for his music but also for his good looks. He has tattoos and is known for his rock star hairstyles. He has a tattoo of his maternal grandfather’s name in Arabic: والتر (Walter). He has a tattoo of his father Yaser’s name behind his right ear.

Yaser didn’t like it when Zayn left One Direction. His wife Trisha revealed that she and Yaser have stopped looking at social media because Yaser used to get angry at people’s comments. She said: “Me and Zayn’s dad stopped looking at social media because he (Zayn’s dad) used to get upset about what people had written. It’s like a kick in the gut to read things that are, most of the time, not even true.”