Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chief Imran Khan married spiritual guide Bushra Maneka, as announced by his party on Sunday, ending weeks of speculation about this marriage.
Imran Khan, a cricketer-turned-politician, married Bushra Bibi (also known as Pinki Pir) in a simple ceremony held in Lahore, said the reports. The ceremony was held at Bushra Maneka’s brother’s home in Lahore.
The Nikah happened today, Sunday 18th February at around 9:00 PM in the company of close family and friends.#MubarakImranKhan pic.twitter.com/DJWSMH3O6M
— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 18, 2018
Wishing Chairman @ImranKhanPTI and his wife a happy married life . May Allah bless the couple. #MubarakImranKhan pic.twitter.com/BYHQ9CCaA8
— PTI (@PTIofficial) February 18, 2018
Earlier this year, media was abuzz with reports of the PTI chief tying the knot for a third time with the lady he used to visit for spiritual guidance.
In a move to defend himself over the marriage controversy, the cricketer-turned-politician had tweeted, “For 3 days I have been wondering have I looted a bank; or money laundered bns in nation’s wealth; or ordered a model-town-like killing spree; or revealed state secrets to India? I have done none of these but discovered I have committed a bigger crime: wanting to get married.”
Bushra Maneka, who is in her 40s, is from the Wattoo clan, of which the Manekas are a sub-clan. She was married to Khawar Farid Maneka, a senior customs official in Islamabad, the Dawn newspaper reported.