Reception of Imran Khan's third marriage to be held in Bani Gala
Khan has decided to not travel abroad yet and also to arrange a reception in Islamabad.
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) – The reception of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chief Imran Khan’s third marriage with his spiritual adviser Bushra Maneka will be held in Bani Gala after few days.
Khan has decided to not travel abroad yet and also to arrange a reception in Islamabad with limited guests.
PTI sources told that Bushra Bibi will be a house wife and stay at Bani Gala while her children will live with their father. Mrs Khan will also not participate in any political activities.
Earlier on Sunday night, Mufti Saeed officiated the nuptial knot between Khan and Bushra Bibi in Lahore which was attended by close friends of the lawmaker.
The development has come today weeks after Imran Khan had denied marrying for the third time and his political secretary Aun Chaudhry had announced to pursue legal action against a journalist who reported the news.
Earlier in January, PTI chief had said that he had proposed marriage to Bushra Bibi after her divorce with Khawar Fareed Maneka, her first husband. Bibi has five children with Khawar Maneka of Pakpattan.
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Khan had said that proposing marriage to Maneka was his personal matter and her family was hurt by the national coverage of the issue.
He accused his opponents of attempting to blackmail him by the propaganda over his third marriage that sections of PTI had denied then. He also said that his family did not know about the proposal.
He said that he had met Bushra Bibi around two years ago but his spiritual journey in guidance of Bibi had begun some 30 years ago. Reading Sufism further strengthened his faith, Khan had said.
PTI chief had earlier married Reham Khan, a television anchorperson, and the relation lasted for nine months before the two separated. Imran Khan had married Reham years after his divorce with British Jemima Goldsmith which did not last.
Spiritual guide
Reportedly, PTI chief holds Maneka family in his highest regards and considers Bushra and her former husband, two of his spiritual leaders.
Khan is said to have first met Bibi in 2015 at a time when PTI was electioneering for NA-154 constituency by-election in Lodhran.
Khawar Fareed Maneka and Bibi separated with each other some four months ago in what the former has claimed was a reason private to the family and not needed to be disclosed.
Musa Maneka and Ibrahim Maneka, her two sons, graduated at Aitchison College in 2013 and pursued higher studies in varsities abroad while her eldest daughter Mehru Maneka is the daughter-in-law of son of Member of Provincial Assembly (MPA) Atta Maneka.
