Tashfeen Malik

Tashfeen hailed from DG Khan
Malik hailed from Taunsa tehsil in DG Khan district of Punjab but had lived much of her life in Saudi Arabia.
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Malik was born to Haji Gulzar Ahmed Malik, patron of a prosperous Seraiki-speaking family in Vehoa city, in DG Khan. She has two sisters and two brothers and was related to former provincial minister Ahmed Ali Aulak.
Haji Gulzar had moved from his native city to Layyah for a short while before taking his family to Rawalpindi as he pursued his business. That pursuit took Haji Gulzar to Riyadh in Saudi Arabia almost 25 years ago.
However, with educational opportunities limited for non-residents in Saudi Arabia, Haji Gulzar sent his daughters to Pakistan to complete their higher studies. Following in her older sister’s footsteps, Malik arrived in Pakistan to study pharmacy at the Bahauddin Zakaria University.
Her maternal uncle told The Express Tribune that she came back around five to six years ago. Like her sister, she completed her D-Pharm with a 74.88 percentage.
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After completing her studies, Malik returned to Saudi Arabia.
Farook was born in an Urdu-speaking household in Illinois to Syed and Rafia Farook. In 2013 Farook visited Saudi Arabia to perform Hajj.
After he met Malik apparently through an online matrimonial service, Rizwan returned to Saudi Arabia to meet her family.
The two married and moved to the US where they had a six-month-old baby.
One of Malik’s uncles, Javed Rabbani, said her father, Haji Gulzar, had changed during their time in Saudi Arabia. “When relatives visited him, they would come back and tell us how conservative and hard-line he had become,” Rabbani said.
Her maternal uncle disclosed that both Malik and Farook were religiously inclined.
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Pakistan condemns attack
The Pakistan embassy in Washington DC on Friday condemned the attack and offered condolences to families of the victims.
“It is hoped that the investigations would lead the authorities to the perpetrators of this act to justice sooner,” it said in a statement.
Meanwhile, security officials have started inquiring about Malik with her relatives in DG Khan questioned.