A family member of Reham's has now alleged the PTI chairman’s ex wife, Jemima Goldsmith, is behind the series of negative stories that have appeared against Reham.
“We know what Jemima is doing,” Reham’s cousin told the Daily Mail on the condition of anonymity.
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“We know that she is behind this smear campaign. She doesn't want Imran's marriage to succeed because she is jealous,” the cousin added.
However, responding to the allegations, PTI chairman Imran Khan took to Twitter and said, “Jemima has always been supportive and the idea that she would ever be behind any kind of smear campaign against Reham is absurd as I told The Mail.”
Jemima has always been supportive & the idea that she would ever be behind any kind of smear campaign ag Reham is absurd as I told The Mail
— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) September 3, 2015
Imran and Jemima got divorced in 2004, nine years after their marriage but they have remained on friendly terms. The two have two sons together.
“Jemima can't get her own man, that's why she doesn't want Imran's marriage to succeed,” the cousin further alleged.
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However, Jemima denied being involved in any '”smear campaign.” Her spokesperson told the Daily Mail, “Jemima is fully supportive of her ex-husband.”
“She wished Imran and Reham well at the time of their marriage and continues to do so,” the spokesperson added.
Further, regarding Imran and Reham’s marriage, the cousin said, “Reham and Imran are in love and very happy together. Reham is going to give an interview, in her own time, in which she will rebutt all the baseless smears against her.”
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Soon after the couple married, Reham's ex-husband, NHS psychiatrist Dr Ijaz Rehman strongly denied allegations he had mistreated her during their marriage.
“I have never been involved in any kind of domestic violence in any shape or form,” said Dr Rehman, with whom she has three children. “I always looked after my children and wife very well.”
Further, Dr Rehman claimed she used him “like toilet paper to clean up her image” after she found herself harshly criticised by traditionalists in Pakistan who saw Imran’s bride as far too Westernised.
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Further, months after their marriage, it was found that Reham had not attended the Lincolnshire college as she had claimed on her personal website. She said she studied journalism at 'North Lindsay College' in Scunthorpe.
However, the college confirmed that it had never taught journalism and had no record of her being a student. She subsequently changed her website to state that she went to the Grimsby Institute.
This article originally appeared on Daily Mail.
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