Newly-wed Khans thank well-wishers, feast with seminary students

ISLAMABAD-

Newly-wed Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) Chairman Imran Khan on Friday expressed gratitude to his supporters for extending good wishes on his marriage in a tweet.

I want to thank everyone for their good wishes on my marriage & would ask those wanting to send a gift to donate to SKMTH Peshawar instead.

— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) January 8, 2015

Mrs.Khan also posted an identical tweet:

Thank you for all your kind wishes.We would appreciate that instead of sending us presents if you could donate to SKMT Peshawar.

— Reham Khan (@RehamKhan1) January 8, 2015

The couple distributed food among children at child welfare organisation ‘Sweet Homes’ on Friday. Sweet Homes is a project of Pakistan Bait-ul-Maal and provides shelter, education and care to children from Federally Administered Tribal Areas (FATA) Dera Bugti, Kashmir, Bannu  who have been affected by militancy.

Khan and his wife also drove to a seminary run by Mufti Saeed to serve food to young seminary students and also feasted with them.

Now this is Simplicity at its best @ImranKhanPTI @RehamKhan1 Role Models this is how it should be done pic.twitter.com/j3YRU6NDIU”

— Syed Omer Aqeel (@omeraqeelmajid) January 9, 2015

Distributing @ImranKhanPTI walima food among Sweet Home children pic.twitter.com/YEvz0A56Y4” ہمارا فخر ہو خان آپ شکریہ

— گمنام(ķhàň Tîğéř) (@FaisalKing216) January 9, 2015

Khan wedded a TV journalist in a simple ceremony at his Islamabad home Thursday, ending years of speculation surrounding the former playboy cricketer widely considered his country’s most eligible man.

Imran Khan, who is 62 and the father of two sons from his previous marriage to British socialite Jemima Khan (now Goldsmith), tied the knot with Reham Khan, the 41-year-old host of a Pakistani political talk show in an Islamic ceremony before a handful of witnesses, a spokeswoman said.

“There are no wedding or valima receptions. Tomorrow food will be distributed amongst poor children,” Khan’s party spokeswoman Shireen Mazari said, referring to additional marriage events typical of traditional, elaborate Pakistani weddings.

Khan wore a cream-coloured Sherwani, the national dress of Pakistan, while Reham wore an off-white Peshwaz dress with red brocade border.

While some of Reham’s family and friends were part of the affair, Imran’s four sisters seem to have been left out of the loop.

Aleema Khan, who had earlier lashed out at reports of the marriage as being propaganda and utterly false, had declared that her brother would only marry a “good person”. When the news of the marriage was confirmed she reacted with confusion and disappointment.

Speaking to Pakistan Today, Aleema further denied reports that she and the other sisters had refused to attend the wedding. Instead it seems that they were never asked to come in the first place.

“We, all the sisters, were never informed or contacted by Imran so there was no question to attend it. All of us are in Lahore,” she said.