LONDON: Imran Khan’s close friend and London-based businessman ZulfiBukhari has threatened to take legal action against Reham Khan over herupcoming book which reportedly revolves around her marriage to the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman.

A day earlier, the manuscript of the former TV anchor’s book was leakedonline and irked several PTI leaders who took to Twitter to accuse her ofbeing part of an ‘agenda’ ahead of the upcoming general elections.

Bukhari, who negotiated with Reham after her divorce with Imran, in astatement said that the former TV presenter’s move to write the book on hermarriage is a “pathetic and filthy attempt”.

The close friend of Imran said he will take action against her ‘worldwide’.

A PTI source said Imran and a few other party leaders came across thescript of Reham’s book after it was leaked online. “A meeting was heldduring which the party decided to counter contents of the book and PTIsocial media accounts subsequently sent out tweets in condemnation ofReham,” the source said.link>link>

“Reham and PTI leaders are engaged in confidential email exchanges seekingassurances and issuing threats to each other at the same time,” the sourcefurther said.

A source close to Reham has said that the manuscript of her book was“leaked or hacked” and hence made its way to Pakistan.

It’s understood that Reham Khan had given a copy of the manuscript to a fewmedia houses in the UK and to a publisher in Turkey. However, neither adate for the publication has been set as yet nor has a publisher beenannounced.