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Imran's third marriage: PTI files complaint against media for spreading 'disinformation'

Unethical of media to spread false news of my marriage based upon absolute lies: Imran Khan

News Desk July 13, 2016

A file photo of Imran Khan. PHOTO: PPI

Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) has filed a complaint with the Pakistan Electronic Media Regulatory Authority (Pemra) against TV channels over airing news about party chairman Imran Khan’s third marriage.

“A delegation of PTI, headed by Iftikhar Durrani, met chairman Pemra Absar Alam at Pemra Headquarters, Islamabad and handed over a formal complaint,” a Pemra statement said on Wednesday.

PEMRA receives complaint from PTI, CoC to hear case on 15th July, 2016 pic.twitter.com/eDts5AnD0L
— Report PEMRA (@reportpemra) July 13, 2016

"Unethical of media to spread false news of my marriage based upon absolute lies," said the PTI chief.

Imran said channels showed pictures of women whom he had never known or met.

Will celebrate publicly when I get married: Imran Khan

Unethical of media to spread false news of my marriage based upon absolute lies . Had that happened in UK heads would have rolled 1/2
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) July 13, 2016

2/2 Women pics shown whom I neither know nor ever met. Such disinformation is irresponsible & shows a collapse of moral & ethical standards
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) July 13, 2016

Meanwhile, Pemra's council of complaints will meet on July 5, 2016 to decide on the matter.

On Monday, the cricketer-turned politician had denied reports of his third marriage, saying he would celebrate in public after getting hitched.

COMMENTS (8)

Disgusting | 8 years ago | Reply @OSD: What is your problem? You are already OSD. However I fail to understand Imran Khan's interview with an enemy newspaper which backfired and I am happy it did. This man is blank at the top. While his party and opposition are sorting out Panamaleaks he leaks himself that is totally uncalled for and irrelevant.

kathy | 8 years ago | Reply He is just an old fart, trying to seek attention, he started the marriage gossip himself and now blaming media for speculating on his potential wife.

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mastishhk | 8 years ago | Reply The actual dispute is....is it 3rd or 4th marriage ?

Brainy Bhaijan | 8 years ago | Reply So when it lies about other people it is considered alright. He is like a spoiled 16 year old girl in a body of a 63 year old man.

F Khan | 8 years ago | Reply Khan Sb is getting a taste of his own medicine.Pakistan politics was never clean but PTI took it to new heights.

Khabar | 8 years ago | Reply So now you know IK how it feels when somebody say anything wrong about you. But you won't learn any lesson because according to you ' I'm very stubborn.'

Aamna H. Fasihi | 8 years ago | Reply Finally! PTI should be hard on this propagandist media. So much lenience has only encouraged lifafa journalists to accept money and run smear campaigns against PTI, IK and even SKMH.

OSD | 8 years ago | Reply Wasn't it unethical of Imran Khan when he mounted a vicious campaign against Najam Sethi and tormented him on every forum with claims of "35 punctures"? When he was finally confronted with it, he laughed it off as a political gimmick?! He has made a habit of making unfounded allegations against everyone who has opposed him on his quest for power, from politicians to civil servants, but now that he is on the receiving end, he files a complaint? That is quite an anti-climax if anything.

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