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Met on Muzz: A Pakistani Love Story That Started With Chilli
January 27, 2026
It’s not every day that a marriage story begins with a cat, but for Hadiqa and Ammar, that’s exactly how it happened.
Scrolling through Muzz with the intention of finding something serious (and very much not involving rishta aunties), Hadiqa paused on one profile in particular. It was not a flashy bio or an over-rehearsed photo that caught her eye; it was Ammar, holding a cat named Chilli. There was a sincerity in that picture that felt real enough to make her swipe right.
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Both Hadiqa and Ammar are from Karachi, though their journeys had taken them far beyond it. Hadiqa grew up in Saudi Arabia and went on to pursue a career in medicine. Ammar, raised in Karachi, later moved to Oman for work. Despite living in different places and leading different lives, they shared the same intention: they were ready for marriage, and they wanted to find their person in a way that felt genuine and respectful.
Muzz became the place where those paths crossed.
From the very beginning, Ammar kept things refreshingly simple. He asked Hadiqa just two questions:
“Do you like cats?”
and
“Are you a good person?”
For Ammar, those answers were enough. And for Hadiqa, the honesty behind those questions spoke volumes.
They talked for a week. By day seven, Ammar had already told his mother, right after she returned from Umrah, when the topic of him finding a partner came up naturally. By day nine, Hadiqa had met Ammar’s family.
Things moved quickly, but never carelessly.
In fact, Hadiqa jokes that she fell for her mother-in-law even before she fell for Ammar, and from there, the rest really was history.
For Hadiqa, the moment she knew she’d made the right decision came in the quietest, most ordinary way. She once mentioned to Ammar that she likes her omelette cooked in a very specific way. The next morning, he woke up earlier than usual just to make it exactly how she liked it.
Because sometimes love isn’t about grand gestures, it’s about paying attention to the little things.
Today, Hadiqa and Ammar look back at their story with gratitude (and a soft spot for Chilli, of course). And if Ammar has one piece of advice for anyone still searching on Muzz?
“Get a cat. It got me married, come on.”
And, honestly, we couldn’t argue with that.
