Pakistan's opposition leader and cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan lashed out at the country’s leaders for politicizing his marriage to faith healer Bushra Maneka.
Pakistan's opposition leader and cricketer-turned politician Imran Khan lashed out at the country’s leaders for politicizing his marriage to faith healer Bushra Maneka.
“For 3 days I have been wondering have I looted a bank; or money laundered billions in nation's wealth; or ordered a model-town-like killing spree; or revealed state secrets to India? I have done none of these but discovered I have committed a bigger crime: wanting to get married. The vicious, gutter media campaign led by NS & MSR mafia does not bother me as respect & humiliation come from Allah Almighty. However, my concern is for my children & the very conservative family of Bushra begum, all of whom have been subjected to this malicious campaign by NS & MSR. NS & MSR can rest assured that their vicious campaign has only strengthened my resolve to fight them all the way. I have known the Sharifs for 40 years and I know all their sordid personal lives but I would never stoop to the level of exposing these sordid details. All I ask of my well wishers and supporters is that they pray I find personal happiness which, except for a few years, I have been deprived of,” the former Pakistan cricket captain said on Twitter.
Khan said that he had proposed marriage, but denied reports that he had secretly wed her.Khan's spokesman in a statement said that he had proposed marriage to Bushra Maneka, who has "asked for time to make a final decision after consulting her family, including her children".
"It is indeed sad to see this extremely private and sensitive matter be made the subject of erroneous story leading to all manner of public conjecture," the notification said, adding that it was "regrettable" that story was reported as it involves "a very private lady who is not in public life."
Maneka, who is in her 40s, was married to Khawar Farid Maneka, a senior customs official in Islamabad.Yesterday, The News reported that PTI chairman started 2018 by tying the knot on the night of January 1 in Lahore and next day went straight from there to appear before the anti- terrorism court in Islamabad that granted him bail.
The nikah was performed by Mufti Saeed, a member of PTI core committee, who was also the nikah khawan when Imran publicly entered into marriage with Reham Khan on January 8, 2015 amid reports of secret nikah in November 2014.
Khan came in touch with Maneka for spiritual guidance, a couple of years ago that eventually culminated in the marriage. This would be Imran's third marriage.He had first tied the knot with Jemima Khan on May 16, 1995 that ended in divorce after nine years on June 22, 2004.
His second marriage was with Reham, then a TV anchor, which continued barely 10 months. Although that marriage was publicly announced on January 8, 2015, there were reports that a nikah had also taken place in early November 2014.
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