Khan's marriage rumors cause stir in global media

LAHORE: (Web Desk) – World media is abuzz with the marriage rumors of cricketer turned politician Imran Khan with former BBC weather anchor Reham Khan these days. Once one of the most sought after international celebrity Imran Khan has never really been away from the limelight. Ever since he adopted cricket as a career, his personality has been a subject of great interest for the world. From being nominated the sexiest sportsman during Kerry Packer series to being in scandals with Indian and Hollywood heroines and from becoming the only Pakistani captain to have lifted the World Cup for his nation to making the celebrated Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital, Imran Khan has been media’s favorite subject.

His marriage with Jemima Goldsmith was also an international affair. Daughter of a multi-billionaire married to the one of the most prominent stars cricket had ever seen. His marriage with Reham, 20 years after his first one, has also become a massive event.

While social media and media in Pakistan have been discussing nothing but the ‘suspected couple’ for the last several hours now, international media has also shown great interest in these rumors. In fact it was UK’s Daily Mail that first broke the news when no Pakistani media channel was ready to air the rumor, partly because nothing was confirm and partly because there was their colleague Reham also involved in the matter who has been hosting shows at different TV channels.

Hello Daily News magazine followed the lead. It also confirmed the rumors saying that Imran Khan had admitted while leaving London for Pakistan at Heathrow Airport.

OK Magazine also okayed the news later on..

Daily Telegraph also shared the news after his departure from Heathrow Airport on Monday. Although he had only said that his marriage was not a crime, the media seemed to be almost 100 percent sure about what was the case..

Mirror was the next to file the story and also suggested that Imran’s sisters were not happy about his marriage with Reham Khan.

Imran then started to make headlines in Asia as well. Middle East media also gave the news prominent space. Khaleej Times quoted from Chairman PTI’s press conference on Tuesday that he will be sharing ‘good news’ next week about his marriage.

Times of Oman went as far as sharing a column on its website about the political ramifications Khan’s remarriage might cause..

Khan has always been a popular figure for Indian bollywood heroines. His scandal with Indian actresses remained popular throughout his career. How could Indian media stay quite on a matter so concerned with them? Times of India thus reported..

No matter how big a politician or a philanthropist Imran becomes, Cricket will always remain his first and foremost reference. NDTV website, therefore, gave this news a prominent space on its sports page.