Pakistan debates Imran Khan’s new marriage plans
Karachi: Private lives of politicians are rarely discussed openly in conservative Pakistan but the rumoured marriage of flamboyant Imran Khan is one of the most trending topic in the country, with many expecting his future wife to play an influential role in his party.
A senior leader of the PTI, who declined to be named, said that whenever Imran confirms the marriage he sees Reham, who hosts a political talk-show on DawnNews, playing an influential role in party affairs.
“She has strongly defended the party and Imran on her talk show and there are indications she will get an official position once the marriage is confirmed,” the leader said.
Since Imran’s press conference yesterday, his marriage was the subject of furious debates on Pakistani television and social media is abuzz with trolls attacking the duo.
Senior journalist Farrukh Malik said that the last time a politician’s marriage received such frenzied coverage in national media was during the marriage of slain Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto with Asif Ali Zardari.
“If I recall a politician’s marriage was big news in the Pakistani media only when Bhutto married Zardari and now Imran’s personal life is generating the same hype,” he said.
Online abusers have also set up Facebook hate pages attacking the TV news anchor and threating to share her controversial photographs in revealing clothes from past life.
