REHAM KHAN ACCUSES IMRAN KHAN FOR BEING THE IDEAL PUPPET OF PAK ARMY

The former wife of the globally famed cricketer and the would be prime minister of Pakistan, a journalist and author of the controvertial book Reham Khan, exposing Imran Khan on various counts termed the cricketer turned politician as an ideal puppet of the Pakistan Army who will follow the Army line while being the prime minister of Pakistan.

In an exclusive interview published on Sunday edition of 29th July in “The Hindu”, Reham Khan accuses her former husband of winning the Pakistan elections through alleged unfair means and with the complete support of the Army failing which he and his Party Tehrike Insaf would have never been on the power saddle as today.

In an interview given to Suhasini Haider on telephone from London highly critical of Imran, senior journalist Rehan revealed that there had been hell of the pressures and even life threats by her former husband and her protege who very unambiguously threatened her to blow her up incase she comes in the way of the Tehrike Insaf Party chief Imran Khan and as such she had to give up her idea at that very point of time to bring out the book.

She added that that Imran’s people also called my friends to convey me, very specifically that I have two daughters and that non will be safe if I proceed further with my idea to write the book. My entire staff were bribed and intimated and clearly told that anyone who stood in the way of the PTI chief would be blown to pieces ( Uda Diye Jaoge).

On a question, that she wrote the book with a politically motivated intention to have an adverse impact on the chances of her ex husband’s party in the elections, Reham answered that people in Pakistan traded charges on her for having complicity with the PLM- N chief Nawaz Sharif saying that it was he who actually sponsered the book but its not true n absolutely unfair, as I came in the contact of the former PM while he was the PM of Pakistan and had interviewed him as a journalist on earlier ocassiins. However, it would be flattering for me to think that I could have had any impact on the election campaign. I was told very clearly that this would happen in the elections, but I authored my book anyway she added.

She however being critical to Jemina, Imran’s former wife who congratulated him on his victory said that she don’t want to be like Jemina for sure. She added : I married Imran when he was’nt in power or winning elections. I am a Pakistani, a self made woman, an anti social nerd, and entirely a non socialite.

Reham feels greatly relieved that she dosen’t have to stand with her ex husband Imran while he touted blasphemy laws and his party targetted minorities. I would’nt want to justify the indefensible she added.

Levelling open charges of being the Army stooge who will in all earnestness follow the Army line in future, the strict and strong bete noire of Imran Khan speaking against the future Pak PM, Reham agrees that every political establishment in Pakistan toed the Army’s dictates and so did the ex prime minister Nawaz Sharief but when the latter started asserting himself and defying the army’s dictates while praising or following the pro India policies or raising his voice on China Pakistan Economic Corridor, the Army started supporting the PTI and its chief Imran Khan whole heartedly and let Nawab Sharief go out of power.

She also accused Imran and the Tehrike Insaaf Party of not allowing the previous Pak regime to accord India the status of the most favoured nation. The interview dwells on many other significant issues.

Meanwhile, after the prime minister Narendra Modi’s return to India from his three nation African tour the Indian government has, for the very first time welcomed the outcome of the general elections held on 25th July and expressed optimism that a new political dispensation would work constructively to build a new, safe, secure and developed South Asia free from violence. India desires a prosperous Pakistan at peace with its neighbours.

It may be recalled that the would be Pakistan PM Imram Khan had been extremely critical of India during his entire election campaign in Pakistan but after getting the largest number of seats as an individual party neligibly short of majority with a guarantee to fom the government with the support of the few outside parties, he lent a hand of friendship with India saying that the initiative should come first from the Indian side.

He added: if India raises the first step ahead towards Pakistan, the latter will put forward two steps with higher spirits but on the issue of Kashmir his stand was on the same lines as was that of his predecessors.

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