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Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaf’s Chairman Imran Khan said he only had spiritual relations with Bushra Maneka. Khan said in an interview that the lady’s spirituality inspired him to send her the proposal.
Khan said: “I met Bushra [Maneka] almost two years ago. I will like to reiterate that every time I met her, with family and alone, she has been in purdah. My interest in her lies in the fact that I have not seen or met anyone with her level of spirituality.”
Khan further added that he only sent her proposal after she divorced her husband. He says his sons and not even his sisters knew about his proposal to Bushra Maneka.
“This woman has observed purdah for most of her life. It hurt her family’s sentiments. Every time I have interacted with her, she has been in purdah… This story has caused her so much embarrassment.”
Khan expressed his displeasure regarding the controversy created over his third marriage on media. Khan said, he felt bad about how her name was ‘discussed’ in the media.
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PTI chief said: “It hurts me to talk about the matter because she [Bushra] belongs to a very conservative family and observes purdah.”
In answer to the questions on the rumours of his third marriage, Khan brought into question the malpractices in journalism. Khan said that the real objective of journalism is to discover and speak the truth fearlessly.
Khan further added that he only sent her proposal after she divorced her husband. He says his sons and not even his sisters knew about his proposal to Bushra Maneka.
He expressed his discontentment over how the news of his third marriage was misrepresented in the media while many media sections used it to merely earn money.
“What upsets me is the fact that some sections of the media use information like this to make money. This is not journalism. Investigative journalism is like a jihad… You bring the truth forward like the Kasur incident, not personal matters,” he said.
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Mr. Khan added: “This woman has observed purdah for most of her life. It hurt her family’s sentiments. Every time I have interacted with her, she has been in purdah… This story has caused her so much embarrassment.”