Pathan had a 10-year long relationship with Australia-based Shivangi Dev.[8][9] She wanted to marry him but since Irfan wished his older brother Yusuf to get married prior, differences began to grow between the two and their relationship broke in 2012.[8][9] He married a Hyderabad-based model, Safa Baig, on 4 February 2016, in Mecca.[10][11] Safa is the daughter of Mirza Farooq Baig.