*ISLAMABAD: A PTI leader and a close aide of the party chairman, SyedZulfiqar Bokhari aka Zulfi Bokhari terming the Reham Khan’s book “apathetic and filthy attempt by Reham Khan and Punjab CM Shehbaz Sharif”,said that Sharif should have sent her more money, enabling her to hire “adecent ghost writer. A court case is being filed abroad”, he tweeted.*
In a bid to counter possible adverse effects of the revelations containedin the soon-to-be released autobiography penned by Reham Khan, the PakistanTehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) stepped up its efforts to make the book controversialeven before its release.
Reham Khan, the former wife of PTI Chairman Imran Khan, is likely torelease her autobiography any time this month.
A promotional video of the book, obtained by this correspondent, showedthat the book would contain Reham’s personal life experiences as “a mother,wife, journalist and a warrior”.
The PTI recently released what it termed “solid proofs” about Reham’salleged nexus with the PML-N leadership. The evidence contained purportedhacked emails between Reham and former interior minister Ahsan Iqbal, aveteran PML-N leader.
Reham, in a series of tweets on Saturday, alleged that the PTI hadpersistently been threatening her. In support of her assertion, she postedcopy of an email sent to her by actor and PTI supporter Hamza Ali Abbasi.
According to the email, Abbasi told Reham that her email had allegedly been“hacked” and warned her “to be very careful in future”.
According to emails presented by the PTI, dating between January 17 andJanuary 23 last year, Iqbal supposedly finalised time for a meeting andinvited Reham at his residence for dinner with Maryam Nawaz. Rehamchallenged the authenticity of emails presented by PTI as “evidence”.
Reham, the PTI insisted, met with Maryam through Iqbal, who also held theportfolio of planning and development. The book, the party said, was a ployto demolish the country’s “only real opposition, that is PTI”.
PTI’s spokesperson Fawad Chaudhry said that emails between Reham and Iqbalonly proved the former’s “heinous plan to malign the party chairman’scharacter and reputation”.
However, Iqbal swiftly rebutted PTI’s claims. He said it was shameful thatthe PTI resorted to “fabricating and distorting emails to defend itself”.
*JI formally parts ways with its coalition partner PTI in K-P*link>
“I have never met Reham Khan except during an interview for [a private TVchannel] before her marriage with IK [Imran Khan] nor [have I] arranged hermeeting with anyone. Please don’t drag me in matters between formerspouses.”