Reham Khan

British journalist of Pakistani descent

Reham Khan is a British Pakistani[6] journalist, author, and filmmaker.[1][8] She married Pakistani former cricketer and politician Imran Khan in January 2015. The couple divorced after 9 months.

Reham Khan
ریحام خان
Born
Reham Nayyar Khan[1]

(1973-04-03) 3 April 1973 (age 50)[2][3][4][5]
Ajdabiya, Libya
CitizenshipBritish[6]
Alma materJinnah College for Women
OccupationJournalist
Years active2007–present
Spouse(s)
Ejaz Rehman
(m. 1993; div. 2005)
[1]
Imran Khan
(m. 2015; div. 2015)
[7]
Children3
ParentNayyar Ramzan (father)[1]
RelativesAbdul Hakeem Khan (uncle)
Websitewww.rehamkhanofficial.com

Personal life change

Reham was born to Nayyar Ramzan, a Pakistani physician.[9] She is ethnically of Pashtun origins[10] from the Lughmani clan, a sub-clan of the Swati tribe.[1]

Her parents moved to Libya in the late 1960s, where Reham was born in Ajdabiya in 1973. She has one sister and one brother.[1]

Reham has a Bachelor's degree in Education from Jinnah College for Women, Peshawar[11]

She married Ejaz Rehman, her first cousin and British psychiatrist, when she was 19. Following their divorce, Khan began working as a broadcast journalist. [1] She has three children who have lived with her since the divorce.[12][13][14]

On 6 January 2015, Imran Khan confirmed his marriage to Reham which ended on 30 October 2015 in a divorce.[4][7][15][16][17][18]

Career change

Reham started her career in 2006 hosting shows on Legal TV. In 2007, Reham began presenting for Sunshine Radio Hereford and Worcester.[19] In 2008, Khan joined BBC as broadcast journalist.

In 2013, Khan joined Pakistani news channel News One. In 2014, following a brief stint at PTV, she joined Dawn News presenting the current affairs show In Focus. In May 2015, she began to host The Reham Khan Show, a programme celebrating Pakistani heroes.[20] In December 2015, she started a new talk show by the name of Tabdeeli on Neo TV. Tabdeeli (change) is also a political slogan of Imran Khan, her former husband.[21]

Reham has also produced a Pakistani film Janaan, the romantic comedy set in Swat which premiered on the occasion of Eid ul Adha on 13 September 2016.[22]

References change

  1. 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 1.6 "Reham Khan: From Hazara to Bani Gala". The Express Tribune. 8 January 2015. Retrieved 8 January 2015.
  2. "Imran Khan Marries Reham Khan Despite Opposition by Family". Express Tribune. 31 December 2015. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  3. "Imran Khan Marries Reham Khan Despite Opposition by Family". Shafaqna. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 9 January 2015. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  4. 4.0 4.1 "Has Imran Khan secretly married BBC weather girl? Rumours rife in Pakistan where his family are 'against' the 'wedding' to divorced mother of three". Daily Mail. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  5. "Imran Khan 'secretly married BBC weather girl' despite concerns from family and political party about divorced mother". Mirror. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 1 January 2015.
  6. 6.0 6.1 "Imran 'chose the wrong woman to mess with': Ex-wife Reham Khan on her tell-all memoir". thenational.ae. Archived from the original on 26 August 2018. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  7. 7.0 7.1 "Imran Khan, Reham divorce with mutual consent". Dawn. Pakistan. 30 October 2015. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  8. Selby, Jenn (16 January 2015). "Reham Khan: Outrage in Pakistan as former BBC presenter who recently married Imran Khan is filmed cooking sausages". The Independent. Retrieved 19 September 2016.
  9. "Residents in Reham Khan's hometown". thenews.com.pk. Retrieved 26 August 2018.
  10. "I am Pathan and I fear no one, says Reham on return to Pakistan". The Express Tribune. 3 December 2015. Retrieved 6 February 2016.
  11. CITS UoP. "University of Peshawar". University of Peshawar. Archived from the original on 21 March 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  12. Web Desk (15 July 2015). "The case of Reham Khan's 'fake' journalism degree". The Express Tribune News Network. Retrieved 15 July 2015.
  13. Web Desk (14 January 2015). "Exclusive: Reham's ex-husband responds to domestic abuse allegations". The Express Tribune News Network. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  14. Murtaza Ali Shah (15 January 2015). "Reham's ex-husband rejects domestic violence charges". The News International. Archived from the original on 27 January 2015. Retrieved 28 January 2015.
  15. "Imran Khan has married Reham Khan: Daily Mail". The Nation. 31 December 2014. Archived from the original on 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  16. "Imran Khan 'secretly married BBC weather girl' despite concerns from family and political party about divorced mother". Mirror. 31 December 2014. Retrieved 31 December 2014.
  17. "I've married BBC girl, says Imran Khan: Cricketer-turned-politician confirms he has wed mother-of three before boarding flight to Pakistan to 'share the good news'". Mirror. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 6 January 2015.
  18. "Imran, Reham divorce with mutual consent – The Express Tribune". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 30 October 2015.
  19. "Reham Khan on Awaztv". Archived from the original on 2015-06-26. Retrieved 2018-11-07.
  20. Reham Khan – BBC South Today. "Reham Khan Profile on BBC South". Archived from the original on 15 September 2012. Retrieved 28 June 2010.
  21. "Reham Khan co-opts PTI's 'tabdeeli' slogan for new show". The Express Tribune. 14 December 2015. Retrieved 20 January 2016.
  22. Sameen Hassan (14 May 2015). "Reham Khan's first production titled 'Janan' to release next year". The Express Tribune. Retrieved 20 May 2015.