
His brother Ahmad Raza Maneka is currently a member of the National Assembly of Pakistan, and is affiliated with the PML-N. Khawar Maneka was a senior Customs official and a son of Ghulam Muhammad Maneka, a former federal minister in Benazir Bhutto's cabinet. Personal life First marriage īefore her marriage to Khan, Bushra Bibi was married to Khawar Maneka. The town is known for being home to the Shrine of Baba Farid, of whom both she and Khan are spiritual followers, and where they first met. She originates from the town of Pakpattan, located 250 km southwest of Lahore. Her family is a conservative, politically influential family from central Punjab. I think he submitted himself to her.Bushra Bibi was born on 16 August 1974 in a Punjabi-speaking Kashmiri family. “I think she gave him that surety, which he needed, and also that warmth. And if it’s not this, then you don’t know….” After describing Imran Khan as the man who never gives up, Zafar said: “Imagine 22 years of struggle.and you’ve got this election coming. In terms of Ali Zafar, a friend of Imran Khan and Pakistan’s biggest pop star, the PTI chief "submitted himself" to Bushra Maneka. During the later meetings, Bushra often gave verses to Imran Khan to recite and also gave him a ring to draw good fortune. Known for his inclination towards Sufism and mysticism, Khawar Maneka and Bushra used to travel from Lahore to Pakpattan to pay their respects at the 13th-century mystic Baba Fariduddin Ganjshakar’s shrine every year.Ī report says that Imran Khan was very impressed by Bushra after their first brief meeting.

Interestingly, Khawar Maneka has studied in the United States and was said to be one of the rich students from Pakistan.

However, Maneka dreamt once again and this time, the voice told her that she, a married woman and a mother of five, would have to marry Imran.īushra Maneka’s husband then agreed to give her a divorce, hailing Imran Khan as a “disciple of our spiritual family”. one of the family members of Maneka.Ī version of this so-called “rumour” suggests that Maneka had earlier asked Khan to marry her sister another account claims that she had offered her daughter.

The report added that she feeds huge quantity of “cooked meat” to the “ jinns” in order to make the impossible possible.Īs per the story (dismissed by Bushra Maneka as “rumour”) doing the rounds in Pakistan, the lady had her prophetic vision that no quantity of cooked meat would be enough to realise Imran Khan’s ambition of becoming the Pakistani PM.Ī voice told her that if Imran Khan wanted to become the Pakistani PM, it was necessary for him to marry the right woman, i.e. However, a report has now claimed that Bushra Maneka has “two jinns” at her disposal. Six months later, the cricketer-turned-politician was elected tthe Prime Minister of Pakistan. Imran Khan left the whole country surprised when he married Bushra in a private ceremony in February 2018. It has widely been reported that Imran Khan, who had longed to become the Prime Minister of Pakistan, started seeing Bushra, a faith healer, for “spiritual guidance” a couple of years ago. However, it is the mystery around her that made Bushra Maneka, who is in her late 40s, the most searched person on Google by Pakistanis last year.īushra Riaz of the Wattoo clan, also known as Pinky ‘ pirni (holy woman)’ or Pinki Bibi in Pakistan, is the ex-wife of Customs officer Khawar Farid Maneka.

While Jemima Goldsmith is a British socialite of Jewish descent, Reham Khan is a former BBC presenter. Unlike Imran Khan’s ex-wives, Jemima Goldsmith and Reham Khan, his third wife, Bushra Maneka, does not make much public appearance. New Delhi: A lot has been written about Bushra Maneka, the third wife of Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan, but her enigma still continues.
