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On Sunday, the official Twitter account of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) tweeted that Imran Khan had got married.
Updated : Feb 19, 2018, 12:25 AM IST
On Sunday, the official Twitter account of the Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaaf (PTI) tweeted that Imran Khan had got married.
They wrote on Twitter: “Congratulation to Chairman @ImranKhanPTI on his marriage, we wish a happy and prosperous life ahead to Imran Khan and his wife.”
The identity of his wife is believed to be Bushra Maneka, a spiritual advisor. His impending nuptials had become a huge controversy in Pakistan, and he had blasted rivals and defended himself on Twitter.
According to the official handle, the Nikah took place around 9 PM in the company of close family and friends.
Congratulation to Chairman @ImranKhanPTI on his marriage, we wish a happy and prosperous life ahead to Imran Khan and his wife
— PTI KP (Official) (@PTIKPOfficial) February 18, 2018
Regards
PTI Social Media pic.twitter.com/nx7RndIwUJ
The Nikah happened today, Sunday 18th February at around 9:00 PM in the company of close family and friends.#MubarakImranKhan pic.twitter.com/DJWSMH3O6M
— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 18, 2018
How Twitter reacted to the news:
Third time lucky, eh? It's official, Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chief Imran Khan got married to Bushra Manika. The ceremony took place on Sunday in Lahore. pic.twitter.com/wnJMAFMrxv
— Naila Inayat (@nailainayat) February 18, 2018
Any one wants to commit a crime, now is the time. Media will be busy with Imran Khan's 3rd marriage for atleast 1 week. #ImranKhan
— Asfandyar Bhittani (@BhittaniKhannnn) February 18, 2018
Imran Khan has taken the third new ball. Looks like Pakistani fast bowlers are losing the art of reverse swing.
— EngiNerd. (@mainbhiengineer) February 18, 2018
Taimur to attend the third wedding of Imran Khan in Pakistan. #ImranKhan
— Paresh Rawal Fan (@Babu_Bhaiyaa) February 18, 2018
And: congratulations, @ImranKhanPTI on your wedding with Bushra Maneka...
— Mehr Tarar (@MehrTarar) February 18, 2018
May you be third time lucky, and have a long, happy and blissful married life.
Imran Khan marries again https://t.co/2ZbZ9Z7Vrr
— Suhasini Haidar (@suhasinih) February 18, 2018
No name mentioned of bride in the tweet. Can't name the bride, let alone congratulate her. https://t.co/qEOsO0KcQq
— Smita Prakash (@smitaprakash) February 18, 2018
Khan took to Twitter and wrote, "For 3 days I have been wondering have I looted a bank; or money laundered bns 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 cricketer-turned-politician alleged NS [Nawaz Sharif] and MSR [Mir Shakil-ur-Rahman] mafia of leading the "vicious, gutter media campaign" which "does not bother" him, adding that the "NS & MSR can rest assured that their vicious campaign has only strengthened my resolve to fight them all the way."
Khan further wrote, "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", Khan added, "is that they pray I find personal happiness which, except for a few years, I have been deprived of."
Khan had denied media reports that he had already contracted marriage with Maneka, a day after a Pakistani daily reported that he married her on January 1 in Lahore.
Maneka, who is in her 40s, was married to Khawar Farid Maneka, a senior customs official in Islamabad.
Khan came in touch with Maneka for spiritual guidance, a couple of years ago that eventually culminated in the marriage. This is Imran Khan’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.