Pakistan

Tribune Fact Check: Reham Khan seeks forgiveness for smearing PM Imran?

The Express found the claim to be false as the video is doctored

Kazim Hamdani May 19, 2020

The Express found the claim to be false as the video is doctored.PHOTO:TWITTER/@RehamKhan

KARACHI: A clip from an interview of journalist Reham Khan has gone viral on social media where the ex-wife of the prime minister is seemingly seeking repentance for slandering Imran Khan.

We examined the footage and found it to be doctored deeming the claim to be false.

At one hour and thirty four minutes into the interview, a sudden jump and cut from Reham's answer is seen when Waqar Zaka confronts her to seek forgiveness for her 'sins'.

SCREENGRAB: WAQAR ZAKA/YOUTUBE

"Will you go and pray now for all the outlandish claims you've made against our prime minister?" Zaka roars at the journalist.

However, the question is preceded by the sudden jump in visual and audio, as a solo of Reham Khan replaced the split screen for less than a second before it goes to split screen again. With the guest seemingly muted or having audio issues, the host poses the pointed question.

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Once Reham can be finally be heard speaking, she is saying:"It is time for maghrib... I have to go now thank you".

The social media star sat down with Reham, via video chat, to discuss her tell-all book and shed light on her salacious claims regarding her short-lived marriage with the current premier back in 2015.

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Amid intense backlash following the interview on Pakistani Twitter as #Rehamkhan became the top trends in the country with users sharing snippets from it, the author came out saying that it had been doctored by Zaka.

She went on to say that different parts of the interview were pieced together by the social media star "for ratings".

This is a doctored video. Bechara ratings k liay jor reha hai yeh bits. https://t.co/wplmQcsiqS
— Reham Khan (@RehamKhan1) May 19, 2020

Bilal Azmat, Reham's spokesperson, told The Express Tribune that the entire interview was changed around. "The final cut given to me was nothing like the one given out to the public," he claimed.

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"The visual where Reham mentions that it is time for maghrib was totally taken out of context... She was merely pointing out that it is time for iftar and it was not in response to the question as has been portrayed in the video."

COMMENTS (2)

Muhammad Jawad Khan | 4 years ago | Reply It is a clearly a known fact that PM Imran Khan's personality has been under attack by the political parties particularly by PMLN in the past, Ms Reham Khan has been a lady who has responded at number of occassion below the belt primarly the way she was removed by PM Imran Khan from her life and she lost her ambitious design to lead PTI Woman wing, her falling in love with PM Imran Khan is visibly by some vested interest. Such journalism is never been part of our society or cultrue where such a derogatery remarks have been asked, will Mr Waqar Zaka will ask the same question from ladies of his families. His psychological test is recommended. Any thing which is not part of our cultrue and society can not be supproted on the name of so called liberty to speak.

Humza | 4 years ago | Reply Anyone who has read Reham Khan's expose would see her description of Imran Khan's confused character as being very real. She has been vilified by sections of the media who are on the PTI payroll. Just like Trump has his right wing news people to shut down opponents and hide any dirt on Trump, Imran Khan has people out there who blindly support him and attack anyone who is against him. This is the way of populists all over the world.

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