THE father of Olympic hero Amir Khan has broken hearts all over Bolton by revealing that the young boxer has a girlfriend.

Shah Khan said that Olympic silver medallist Amir has been seeing a girl in Pakistan and may eventually marry her.

The lucky girl, also aged 17, lives in Rawalpindi, with her mother and sister.

Her family are close friends with Amir's parents and that is how the sweethearts met.

But Mr Khan says the marriage is not one that has been arranged by older members of the family, as claimed in a national newspaper.

He said: "Amir is seeing a girl who lives in Pakistan but we don't know if or when he will be married.

"That is up to him, it is not the family's decision."