LAHORE – A senior leader of Pakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) onThursday disclosed his second marriage with a PTV news anchor, which hekept secret for past more than two years.
Saad Rafique, the former Railways minister, mentioned Dr Shafaq Hira as hissecond wife in his nomination papers submitted before the returning officerfor elections 2018, a private news channel reported.
In the nomination forms, the former minister has mentioned names of hisboth wives – Ms Ghazala and Dr Shafaq.Dr Shafaq Hera.–Facebook
The reports about the secret marriage of Saad and Hira emerged in 2016. Thefirst wife of the former minister had reportedly become furious threateningher husband to leave the house and her children when she came across thenews.
Shafaq is an MBBS from Abbottabad Medical College and hails from WahCantonment.
Dr Shafaq Hera.–FacebookEarlier, comedian Sohail Ahmed, best known asAzizi, had also disclosed this marriage in his programme Hasb-e-Haal.
“A PML-N minister in federal government has married a PTV programme host inIslamabad. However, the news is being kept a secret,” Azizi hinted duringthe show on Dunya TV.