Imran is national security risk: Reham

ISLAMABAD: The Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf (PTI) is afraid of the contents of my upcoming autobiography, former journalist and ex-wife of party chief Imran Khan said on Sunday.

In her latest interview to an Indian media outlet, Reham said that’s why the party was trying to misguide its voters about her and the book. The former TV presenter also commented on how she would have neither voted for the party nor married Khan had she known the "realities".

Reham said she could not compromise on her viewpoints. She termed Imran Khan a security risk and said people who chose to support Imran Khan were realising now that they had been fooled.

"I disapprove of religion being used in any country, whether it is India or Pakistan... I think in 2018, there's no place for that," she added. Commenting on the upcoming 2018 general elections, Reham said the PTI politics was at the lowest level in terms of status quo.

She said the PTI had awarded tickets to only 15-20 veteran party leaders — visionaries who have been supporting it for at least 22 years; instead, tickets were given to the newcomers.

"There's hardly any representation of ideological supporters [and] party workers who have been with [Imran Khan] for 22 years, they are nowhere in the candidate list. "He has picked up all the filth from all the parties... He couldn't find anyone who's been with him for 22 years to give the ticket to," she noted.

With regard to her book, Reham said she had put in a lot of hard work but there was no basis for sending any legal notices since it had not even been released yet. "The book doesn't exist! There's no book at the minute... This is the situation," she said.

She, however, sarcastically remarked that if one wanted to obtain a copy of the book, they could do so by calling Bani Gala. "I think you need to give a call to Banigala because they have one, I hear Nawaz Sharif is also calling them for a copy."