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Imran Khan confirmed last night that he has secretly married a former BBC weather girl days after his family said he had denied it - provoking a furious reaction from his sister.
The 62-year-old Pakistan cricketer-turned-politician, who divorced heiress Jemima Goldsmith in 2004, has wed 41-year-old divorced mother-of-three Reham Khan.
On New Year's Eve, Mr Khan said rumours of marriage were 'greatly exaggerated' and his sister Aleema said the family challenged him 'a few days ago' over the news and he denied it.
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.’
Told by MailOnline that her brother had revealed he was actually married, Aleema Khan 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.'
Speaking amid a political storm surrounding rumours of the marriage, she said she hoped Reham Khan 'will be good for Pakistan and our brother'.
She added: '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.
'He is a grown man, we are watching the situation unfold.’
The Daily Mail’s diarist Sebastian Shakespeare broke the news of Khan’s marriage to the broadcaster last week.
Denial: Imran Khan's sister Aleema said the family had a showdown with the politician and he denied the secret marriage
Khan’s new wife lived in Britain for part of her previous marriage, when she was a weather girl and presenter on the BBC regional news programme South Today.
Reham, who was born in Libya to Pakistani parents, has three children from her previous marriage to a doctor.
It is believed family members and those in his political party tried talking him out of the marriage.
Online abusers also set up Facebook hate pages attacking the TV news anchor.
News of the union sparked outrage in Pakistan and trolls have now accused Ms Khan of being a lesbian for stroking a woman's back, and attempted to shame her for going to parties.
Users have criticised her for wearing short skirts, lambasted her for dancing with unknown men in public, and branded her daughter a 'pornstar' while claiming to be in possession of topless pictures.
One image even claims to show Ms Khan in a sex shop in the UK wearing a pink nightdress, with a collar around her neck and a whip slung over her shoulder.
Mr Khan's sister Aleema earlier branded the reports of marriage lies, saying they had been concocted by Mr Khan's political enemies to damage his reputation.
Online trolls have attacked Ms Khan for her appearance, dancing with unknown men, and attending parties
She told MailOnline: ‘This is the only way the opposition know how to attack him. These are the tactics they would stoop to. It’s out of control. I guess that is politics.
‘I spoke to my brother a few days ago and he said it isn’t true.
'We, the family, just asked him outright, have you married her? And he said no. I don’t know if they are in a relationship, here [in Pakistan] you are either getting married or you are not.
‘We’d be extremely happy if he marries a good person and settles down, of course we would. But it is not just his consideration, it’s a consideration for the country, it’s like a national-level decision.
'There are people in Pakistan who love him so much that everyone wants to participate in his private life, they feel he is their leader and should be part of his decision.
‘Everybody [we, the family] are taken aback at how much other people want to participate in this decision.’
Asked if her brother is in a secret relationship with the TV broadcaster, she said: ‘It’s a confusing signal to everyone who follows him [but] we asked him if he was married and he said no. I don’t know if he is in a relationship. We just asked him if he was married.’
Reaction to the rumoured marriage had been very negative in Pakistan and there has been a backlash on social media.
Photos of Reham in revealing clothes and a video of her doing a tango while working for the BBC are prompting insulting comments in the conservative Islamic country.
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2898260/I-ve-married-BBC-girl-says-Imran-Khan-Cricketer-turned-politician-confirms-wed-mother-three-boarding-flight-Pakistan-share-good-news.htmlSEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: 'Newlywed' Imran here to seek blessing of ex Jemima
Always pleased to see her ex-husband Imran Khan, heiress Jemima Goldsmith was particularly keen to speak to the celebrated former cricketer this weekend.
Imran flew to London from his native Pakistan on Saturday to tell Jemima, the 40-year-old daughter of late billionaire Sir James Goldsmith, and their two sons about the new love in his life, Reham Khan.
Last week, I reported that Imran, 62, was said to have secretly wed former BBC weather-girl Reham, 20 years his junior, in Lahore
In response to my story, Imran declared: ‘I want to say that I have publicly expressed my wish to remarry. However, marriage cannot be entered into lightly. Second marriages, especially, need to be considered carefully as children are involved.’
Born in Libya to Pakistani parents, mother-of-three Reham lived in Britain while married to a doctor and worked for the BBC’s South Today programme.
Imran is understood to be spending three days in Britain. His romance is said to have met with opposition from some members of his family and has become a highly contentious topic in Pakistan, where he is a leading politician.
Reham has already been subjected to insults after photos of her in ‘revealing’ clothes and a video of her dancing the tango were posted on the internet in the conservative Islamic country.
Jemima, who has courted foppish actor Hugh Grant and tiresome ‘comedian’ Russell Brand since divorcing Imran ten years ago, has stirred emotions by publicly thanking Pakistanis who contacted her to say she will remain their favourite first lady.
When Sara Khan told her on Twitter: ‘No one can take your place!’ Jemima replied: ‘Ahh. That’s lovely. Thank you x.’
Another of her followers commented acidly: ‘BBC weather lady is good but doesn’t match with Imran Khan calibre.’
Jemima, who converted to Islam before marrying Imran in a traditional Muslim ceremony in Paris at the age of 21, told the tweeter: ‘Really touched by these messages.’
Jemima announced last October that she was ditching the Khan name because Imran was soon to remarry.
Imran said their marriage collapsed because it was ‘difficult for Jemima to adapt to life in Pakistan’. Reham, who is said to have political ambitions of her own, should have no such problem.
If David Cameron is booted out of 10 Downing Street at May’s General Election, at least he will have a good party to look forward to back home.
The Prime Minister’s Oxfordshire neighbour, PR man Peter Chadlington, tells me his daughter, Chloe, 29, has become engaged to investment banker Graham Armstrong, 30.
The Camerons, no doubt, will be invited to the summer wedding.
‘We’re delighted,’ says Lord Chadlington, who in 2011 sold Cameron the plot of land next to his garden for £137,000 — curiously £62,000 above the market value.
David and Samantha attended the 2012 nuptials of the Tory peer’s eldest daughter, Naomi, to Henry Allsopp, brother of TV presenter Kirstie.
Other guests included the groom’s godmother, the Duchess of Cornwall. Chloe, who works as a nanny, says Graham proposed while on holiday in Sweden: ‘He did get down on one knee.’
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SEBASTIAN SHAKESPEARE: Has Imran Khan secretly married a BBC weather girl? Rumours rife in Pakistan where his family are 'against' the ‘wedding’ to divorced mother-of-three
- Imran Khan is believed to have married news anchor Reham Khan, 41
- Rumours have been around for several months that the pair were an item
- The cricketer-turned politician divorced Jemima Goldsmith 10 years ago
Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan has remarried in secret to a former BBC weather girl, according to reports in Pakistan.
The 62-year-old is believed to have tied the knot at the weekend with Pakistani news anchor Reham Khan, 41, who is a divorced mother-of-three.
She lived in Britain for part of her previous marriage, when she was a weather girl and presenter on the BBC regional news programme ‘South Today’.
Rumours have been circulating for several months that the pair are an item, and there have been reports in recent days that they are now married.
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Cricketer-turned-politician Imran Khan, pictured right, is believed to have married former BBC weather girl Reham Khan, pictured left
Imran Khan’s ex-wife Jemima Goldsmith revealed in October that she was ditching the surname ‘Khan’ and reverting to her family name because her ex-husband was about to remarry.
She said at the time: ‘My ex-husband, Imran, recently announced that he intended to get remarried soon, which made me think it’s probably time to change my name back to Goldsmith.’
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The couple are yet to make an official announcement – which will apparently be forthcoming in the new year - but sources close to them have confirmed they are married.
Another well-known news anchor in Pakistan, Farhat Javed Rabani, Tweeted on December 27: ‘Ahmmm... an anchor has married a politician today... #WeddingBells’
A family friend said that relatives including his sisters were against the marriage and were surprised he went ahead.
Imran Khan, pictured left, has been single since he divorced Jemima Goldsmith, pictured right, 10 years ago
It is believed family members and those in his political party tried talking him out of the marriage.
Leading political commentator Dr Shahid Masood, who is a close friend of Imran Khan, said on television that Imran neither confirmed nor denied the news.
He added that members of Imran’s political party, Tehreek-e-Insaf, confirmed that Reham wants to get actively get involved with his politics and sees herself a future first lady.
Dr Masood has urged Imran to issue an official statement.
Reaction to the rumoured marriage has been very negative in Pakistan and there has been a backlash on social media.
Photos of Reham in revealing clothes and a video of her doing a tango while working for the BBC are prompting insulting comments in the conservative Islamic country.
Rival political parties are jumping on the negative reaction and believe it will harm his credibility to marry a divorcee with an apparently chequered past.
Reham, who was born in Libya to Pakistani parents, has three children from her previous marriage to a doctor.
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1st Lady for #NayaPakistan found:
Imran likes Reham, party terms her past as "controversial". http://t.co/wPiJwQVPt4 pic.twitter.com/qfFmxqAdrk
— Majid Agha (@Majid_Agha) October 5, 2014
