Khan’s close aides ‘dealing’ with Reham Khan in London

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Reham Khan cancelled her appearance at the media conference on Friday night after holding ‘crisis talks’ with one of the main characters of the Dharna movement ­- a man known to be a close aide of Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) leader Imran Khan, a news agency claimed.

According to the news agency, the millionaire businessman Zulfi Bukhari – whose full name is Sayed Zulfikar Bukhari – had met Imran Khan’s now former wife Reham at a hotel near Knightsbridge for over three hours and then they left in a Bentley driven by Zulfi.

Reham had reached Birmingham airport on Thursday evening where she was received by a group of PTI officials. She was driven to London and it was announced that she would be a keynote speaker at a conference but the plan was scrapped after an ‘important message’ was passed to Reham by Zulfi Bukhari on behalf of Imran Khan late Thursday evening.

Dozens of media representatives and hundreds of guests had gathered at the Porchester Hall to hear Reham speak as per schedule but she cancelled her appearance at the last minute, causing embarrassment to the hosts of the event. Organisers blamed Zulfi Bukhari for convincing Reham to stay away from the event.

Zulfi Bukhari had tried to enter the hotel through a side-door but as the fire alarm went off at the last minute, he was left with no option but to use the front gate where he was filmed by a Pakistani as well two British television cameramen. Reham was accompanied by her children when she left the hotel with Zulfi Bukhari.

When a correspondent tried to speak to Reham, she politely refused and made her way to the chauffer driven car.

British national Zulfi Bukhari has organised many fundraisers for Imran Khan in London with a number of high-profile businessmen and has contributed millions towards his projects. The other businessman who has contributed heavily is British national Aneel Musarrat from Manchester.

A Pakistani channel, quoting a credible source within PTI said that Zulfi Bukhari sent a lot of money to Imran Khan during the ‘dharna’ protests and was once seen at the container with Imran Khan. He has been pictured at various London locations with the PTI chairman and his sons Qasim and Suleiman. He once arranged a fundraiser for Imran khan where top Indian businessmen were also present and made their donations.

A PTI source said that Bukhari’s role in the upcoming negotiations between Reham and Imran could be critical.