Khan says outlook towards relationships has changed Marrying Reham a mistake: Imran
Islamabad, July 22: Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf chairman Imran Khan has said marriage to Reham Khan was the biggest mistake of his life, in surprise remarks about his past marriage with the former TV show host.
“Normally I don’t say anything about Reham, but I will say this: I’ve made some mistakes in my life, but my second marriage has to be the biggest,” Mr Khan said in an interview with Dail Mail.
Mr Khan who got hitched to Bushra Maneka, a leading scholar and spiritual guide in the mystic Sufi branch of Islam in February after two failed marriages, also revealed that he did not see his wife’s face until the nuptial ceremony.
The reason being that Bushra could not meet men other than her husband with her face uncovered, nor even venture outside her house unveiled. The 39year-old Bushra is a mother of five, and when she met the former Pakistan captain first in 2015, she was still married to her first husband, named Khawar Fareed Maneka who was a senior customs official.
Imran first got married to British heiress Jemima Goldsmith, until they divorced in 2004 after a period of nine years. Soon after, he got married to former BBC presenter Reham Khan who was also British.
But their relationship fell apart after 10 months in 2015 with Reham later accusing Imran of being bisexual, taking hard drugs and adultery in her recent book. The 65-year-old further mentioned that his outlook towards relationships has changed over the years.
The interview came just days before the country goes to poll on July 25 and a few days after his former wife Reham Khan launched her controversial book.