Zeedan Nazir Zeedan Nazir is the son of the late Kal and Jamila Nazir , the brother of Alya and the grandson of Sharif and Yasmeen . His mother Jamila passed away in 2012 . In 2014 when Kal began dating Leanne Tilsley , Zeedan didn ' t approve of the relationship and even refused to go and meet Leanne along with the rest of the family in July of that year , which left Kal disappointed . When the Rovers were preparing to hold a cricket match against their rivals The Flying Horse , Zeedan turned up for cricket training but was still raw about Kal ' s choice of girlfriend . On the day of the match , Zeedan walked off the pitch when Leanne turned up at Alya ' s request . Despite Kal ' s friend Gary Windass attempting to talk Zeedan round by telling him that his father loved him , Zeedan still felt resentment for Kal being away in the army . After the match was over - resulting in a Rovers ' victory - Zeedan refused to celebrate , telling Kal that he could have any woman - apart from Leanne . Zeedan befriended Gary and got a job with him at the Builder ' s Yard , however his father wasn ' t happy that he was being paid below the minimum wage . Kal confronted Tony Stewart over the matter , but an embarrassed Zeedan ordered his father to drop it . Gary began a relationship with Zeedan ' s sister Alya , which neither he nor Kal approved of . They were eventually won round . This would be considered a slightly hypocritical move on Zeedan ' s behalf , due to the acceptance of Gary but not Leanne . Eventually , Zeedan began to mellow toward Leanne . This all changed in May 2015 , when a fire at the Victoria Court flats broke out , and Kal and Leanne went to rescue young Amy Barlow who was trapped inside . Leanne and Amy escaped , but Kal perished after an explosion caused by a gas canister . This left Zeedan and Alya orphaned . Zeedan was quick to place blame of his father ' s death on Leanne , much to her disgust but they eventually learned to get along , especially after Zeedan learned that Kal successfully proposed to Leanne seconds before he died . Zeedan grew up immensely as 2015 progressed . He got a part - time sous chef job at Nick ' s Bistro thanks to Leanne ' s handiwork . This job Zeedan did in alternating with his job at V Court Fitness gym , an establishment owned by Sharif . Alya was then revealed to have had cheated on Gary by sleeping with his friend Jason Grimshaw , resulting in Gary dissolving their engagement , Alya becoming estranged from her grandparents , and a pregnancy scare . Zeedan supported Leanne after it transpired that she was suffering horrific abuse from her stepson Simon Barlow , as his father Peter had recently left Weatherfield for a job in Antigua . Simon took to Zeedan , and they formed a unique bond which helped Simon to stop abusing Leanne . Zeedan developed a crush on Alya ' s university friend Rana Habeeb after she arrived in Weatherfield and they shared a kiss in the bistro ' s kitchen . In April 2016 , Gary was arrested for possession of cannabis , which he was acquiring for Izzy Armstrong , who was in severe pain due to an incident a few months back . Zeedan wished to have Gary fired from the gym , which Sharif complied with and Gary lost his job , which infuriated his mother Anna . Quotes . " If I ' m not doing anything else . " ( First line )