Imran Khan Reham Khan End Marriage | Imran Khan Reham Khan Divorce | Exclusive: Reham reveals reason behind divorce| <br />KARACHI: Revealing the reason behind her much hyped divorce with Pakistan Tehreek-e-Insaf leader Imran Khan, former BBC weathergirl Reham Khan Friday said she parted ways with the cricketer-turned politician for a 'grander cause', Samaa reported. <br /> <br />“Lies were being told about me and my children... Painful, appalling, and insufferable lies,” Reham Khan said in a text sent to Samaa TV’s senior anchorperson Nadeem Malik. <br /> <br />Carrying on her argument, she said those prevarications had also started affecting the PTI chief’s politics. <br /> <br />“Those falsehoods were proving to be hurdles in the way of Khan’s mission. So I decided to remove myself from his life gracefully,” Reham said. <br /> <br />Khan, 62, married 42-year-old Reham Khan, a former BBC weather host and a divorced mother of three, in January this year in a simple ceremony at his Islamabad home. <br /> <br />Also read: Imran Khan, Reham Khan end marriage <br /> <br />"We have decided to part ways and file for divorce," Reham Khan said in a brief statement on her Twitter account Friday. <br /> <br />Imran Khan tweeted that it was a "painful time" and that he has "the greatest respect for Reham's moral character & her passion to work for & help the underprivileged". <br /> <br />Naeem ul Haque, Imran Khan's spokesman told AFP the decision to divorce was mutual. <br /> <br />"It's a painful and personal matter, so I won't be able to comment more or state any reason for it," he said. <br /> <br />Loved by millions across the cricket-obsessed nation for winning Pakistan its only World Cup in 1992, Khan's sporting prowess and rugged good looks also brought him international celebrity in a country lacking glamour. <br /> <br />He was considered his country's most eligible man until he suddenly announced his plans to marry shortly after launching a movement to topple the government in August 2014, which he called off in December after a Taliban attack on a school that killed 150 people. <br /> <br />Reham Khan, host of a local TV talk show, was widely criticised after she appeared at public meetings of Imran Khan's Pakistan Tehreek-i-Insaaf (PTI) party, with opponents accusing her of seeking to boost her own profile through her husband's fame. <br /> <br />She found particularly harsh reception in northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, governed by PTI. <br /> <br />She also sparked controversy after it emerged that she had not actually attended a college where she claimed to be a student on her website. <br /> <br />Also read: Imran says painful time for both families <br /> <br />There had been reports Imran Khan's family was unhappy with his choice of bride. <br /> <br />Imran Khan is the father of two sons from his previous marriage to British socialite Jemima Khan (nee Goldsmith). <br /> <br />Born in 1952 in Lahore into a comfortable family with origins in the Pashtun northwest, he was educated at Aitchison College, the Eton of Pakistan, boarding school in England, and then Oxford University. <br /> <br />He became one of the world's greatest ever all-rounders -- a fearsome fast bowler and dangerous batsman -- whose finest hour came at the 1992 World Cup, where at the age of 39 he led an inexperienced team to the title. <br /> <br />Off the pitch, he had a string of socialite girlfriends and frequented exclusive nightclubs in London until he married Jemima Goldsmith, the daughter of the French-British tycoon James, in 1995. <br /> <br />She converted to Islam and the couple moved in with his family in Lahore. <br /> <br />They divorced in 2004, allegedly over the difficulties Jemima faced in Pakistan, where she was hounded for her family's Jewish ancestry, and his obsession with politics.--Samaa/Agencies
