KARACHI. As speculations regarding the marriage of Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan with DawnNews anchor Reham Khan persist, the party’s central information secretary said on Thursday the wedding will be a low-key affair.
Dismissing reports that the wedding would be a fundraising event for Imran’s Shaukat Khanum Cancer Memorial Hospital, Shireen Mazari told Dawn: “As far as I know, it is an extremely private affair. There are no such ticketed cards and no grand function.”
“Imran is in no mood to celebrate after the Peshawar tragedy,” Mazari added. “This is not a time to celebrate.”
Mazari hinted that a nikah ceremony was likely to take place “today or this week” and that a purported marriage document doing the rounds on Twitter was “absolutely fake”.
She added that Imran has been cautious about the announcement as he wanted to inform his children first. “He was not going to do anything until he spoke to his sons first.”
Another Lahore-based senior party leader on condition of anonymity said he was not aware of any grand event for the wedding and has not been invited for a ceremony. “I am told there will be some distribution of food to the needy,” the party member said.
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Days after the British press broke the news of Imran’s alleged marriage to broadcast journalist Reham Khan, the former cricketer on Tuesday hinted that an official announcement was in the offing.
“Marriage is not a crime,” Imran had said at a press conference in Islamabad after his return from London.
“When you have children from your first marriage, they are the first priority,” he had said, explaining that it was important for him to inform his sons first.
The cricketer-turned-politician was previously married to English journalist and activist Jemima Goldsmith for nine years. The marriage ended amicably in 2004 with Goldsmith stating that she was unable to adapt to life in Pakistan.
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