Nov 15 , 2015
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I was the victim of a witch-hunt, says Reham Khan
In her first interview after her divorce with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) chairman Imran Khan, Reham Khan says she became the victim of a 'witch-hunt' during her 10-month marriage with the popular cricketer-turned-politician.
In the interview published in the British newspaper Sunday Times, Reham claimed her marriage to the popular politician was a 'painful' and 'disturbing experience' during which she was accused of 'hitting' him, 'poisoning him with rat poison' and being an 'MI6 spy'.
“It has been an example of ‘here is a woman’, let's 'demonise her', 'vilify her' and ‘burn her at the stake', the Sunday Times quoted Reham, who said she was giving interview because nobody came forward to defend her against these allegations.
She said that – contrary to rumours of her being divorced via text messages – the two had agreed to split last month before she left Pakistan, but that she has been devastated by the way it has "played out" since.
"The sad fact is that despite all my work with women’s rights, my marriage wasn't registered in Pakistan or in the UK, so actually I have no rights and, after a 10-month marriage, you're not entitled to anything," she was quoted as saying in the interview.
Reham said that she felt stifled soon after she moved into Imran's Bani Gala mansion following their high-profile marriage, with party members telling her they had "issues with me working".
"I was told specifically by a senior adviser: they basically wanted me to be in the kitchen, to be cooking chapatis and not to be seen ever again," she said.
She said that the two often had arguments, mainly because she was frustrated by the numerous allegations leveled at her from all corners, but that the two had a 'big argument' last month about something "personal" that she "found difficult to get past".
Reham also said that she found “things emerging in the house” in the weeks before their break-up: “small amulets” she didn’t know what to make of, but the servants told her not to touch them.
Reham has recently been tweeting about black magic and how religion says it is used to break up marriages.
When asked where the objects were coming from, Reham responded by saying: “Let's just say I think he [Imran Khan] knew more than I did.”Courtesy www.thenews.com.pk