The Asian Age

Ex- wife says Imran Khan not honest and truthful

■ Imran not eligible to be a poll candidate, claims Reham ◗

- SHAFQAT ALI

Reham Khan, the erstwhile wife of Pakistan Tehreek- eInsaf ( PTI) supremo Imran Khan, has said that the cricketert­urned politician was not a sadiq ( truthful) and amin ( trustworth­y).

Reham Khan urged Supreme Court Chief Justice Mian Saqib Nisar to take suo motu notice of the matter while speaking to a Pakistani television channel.

The former BBC weathergir­l claimed Imran Khan had kept his marriage to Bushra Maneka under wraps for two months and equivocate­d when pressed for an answer. This, Reham Khna said, constitute­d a violation of Article 62 and 63 of the Constituti­on.

The journalist- turnedauth­or also categorica­lly rejected claims that Maryam Nawaz or Shehbaz Sharif bankrolled her book.

She also said that she was at a loss to understand how a book could influence the outcome

Reham claimed Imran had kept his marriage to Bushra Maneka under wraps for two months and equivocate­d when pressed for an answer. This, Reham said, constitute­d a violation of Article 62 and 63 of the Constituti­on.

of the forthcomin­g general elections.

Reham Khan is expected to launch her debut work before the nation goes to the polls.

Separately, actor Hamza Ali Abbasi claimed to have had the “very unfortunat­e experience of reading a manuscript of Reham Khan’s book”.

In response, Reham Khan wondered how it was possible for him to obtain the manuscript before its release. “Only possible through fraud or theft,” she added.

On Monday, a letter was released to media from the PTI showing that Reham Khan’s former husband Ijaz Rehman, former cricketer Wasim Akram, British Pakistani businessma­n Zulfi Bukhari and Anila Khawaja, British Pakistani female activist linked with PTI — citing “defamatory and malicious” content in her upcoming autobiogra­phy.

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