“Good news this week”, Imran Khan on marriage reports

LONDON-

Amid reports of his marriage to journalist Reham Khan,Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Monday hinted that a good news will be announced this week.

Addressing a press conference in Islamabad following his return from London, Khan responded to the reports saying that marriage was not a crime.

“When you have children from your first marriage, they your first priority,” he said adding that he did not think of marrying again as it would have hurt his children who had already been hurt by the divorce.

” I did not want to make any statement until I had met my children. I just got a chance to go meet them, o now this week I will give the good news,” he said.

I just got a chance to go meet my kids, so now this week Inshallah I will give the good news! – 3/3 #IKPresser

— PTI (@PTIofficial) January 6, 2015

A London-based newspaper Mail Online claimed  today that the Khan has confirmed he has tied the knot with news anchor Reham Khan.

“Imran Khan confirmed last night that he has married a former BBC weather girl. The 62-year-old Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician, who divorced heiress Jemima Goldsmith in 2004, has wed 41-year-old broadcaster Reham Khan,” said the report.

Speaking to reporters at Heathrow airport last night before boarding a flight, Khan is reported to have said: ‘I am going to Pakistan to share good news about my marriage with the nation. I have nothing to hide.’

The report adds that when Khan’s sister Aleema Khan was informed of  her brother revealing the marriage, she said, ‘Really? Really? Let’s see if he announces it officially. I am taken aback. ‘This is a real challenge for him. We haven’t met her and I don’t know that we want to meet her. ”

‘It is his decision, he is a grown up. It is more important how the children feel. I suppose in any situation like this the children will not feel good about it. They do look up to their father.’

She said she hoped Reham Khan ‘will be good for Pakistan and our brother, adding that “it all depends on how the public respond to it. The biggest surprise is how everybody in Pakistan feels they have a right to participate in the decision.

The paper had previously reported that  Khan secretly wedded former BBC weather girl Reham Khan but PTI chief said the marriage reports were ‘greatly exaggerated’.

The couple had been together for a few months before signing the dotted line, it was claimed. The marriage is seen as one of the worst kept secrets to ever exist in Pakistan. Despite several sources confirming that the marriage has taken place, the duo has persistently denied that it has happened.

The union was first brought into the open by a senior journalist at Channel 24. However, Reham Khan denied the news in an “arranged” interview to a news channel at that time. She had then said that senior journalists were jealous of her success as a TV anchor and were trying to malign her “due to their own insecurities”.