Ex-husband of Imran Khan’s wife says he was suspicious about the Pakistan cricketer’s late night visits – and even had to bundle him out of his marital home – but she insisted it was just ‘spiritual healing’

• Khawar Maneka said he and servant had to ‘forcibly remove’ Khan from his home

The ex-husband of Imran Khan’s wife has revealed how he became suspicious when the legendary cricketer would regularly contact her late at night, as she reassured him she was just having ‘spiritual healing’.

Legendary playboy ladies’ man Khan, Pakistan’s former Prime Minister who is now languishing in prison on corruption charges he denies, would routinely call and visit married Bushra Bedi late at night.

But despite her assurances that the contacts were an innocent means to explore her spiritual growth, she eventually divorced her husband and quickly married Khan, now 71.

Speaking about the matter for the first time Bedi’s ex-husband Khawar Maneka made a string of allegations about how he was misled over her growing ever closer to Khan.

According to Maneka, Khan (pictured) would regularly visit their home, often at night, without his permission

Former Pakistan prime minister and cricket star Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Bedi

In an interview with Pakistan channel Samaa TV Maneka said: ‘They would talk for hours on the mobile during the night.

‘All of this was happening without my permission. And whenever I questioned Bushra, she would say that it is a matter related to spiritual healing.’

He added: ‘Our marriage lasted for 28 years. We had a very happy married life but Imran Khan ruined it.’

Despite warnings from Maneka’s mother, who he says told him Khan was unsuitable company for his wife, the two reportedly started talking secretly on the mobile phone at night.

According to Maneka, Khan would then regularly visit their home, often at night, without his permission.

At one point, Maneka claimed he became so upset by Khan’s regular visits that he confronted him and then, with the help of a servant, he forcibly removed Khan from the family home.

He said: ‘We were happily married. But Imran Khan would come to my house in my absence and sit there for hours with Bushra.

‘One time I called my servant and asked him why my calls to Bushra’s phone were not being received. He told me that Imran Khan is here.

‘So I told him to go in the room while I stayed on the call. I scolded Bushra and told Khan to leave my house. I told my servant to make sure he leaves immediately.’

Maneka (pictured) said neither he nor his children were aware that the 2018 marriage had taken place until it was reported in the media a month and a half after their divorce

But despite his efforts to keep them apart she soon left him – and quickly married Khan.

Khan said he ‘did not catch a glimpse’ of his wife’s face until after they were married: ‘I proposed to her without seeing her because she had never met me without her face being covered with a full veil.’

As a follower of Sufism, Khan’s family said he was initially attracted to her because he: ‘Held ‘a lot of reverence for Bushra as a true follower.’

As his visits to her marital home became more frequent, their personal understanding also grew, family sources claimed.

But they said the prospect of marriage never surfaced until Khan learnt of Bushra’s divorce.

Maneka said neither he nor his children were aware that the 2018 marriage had taken place until it was reported in the media a month and a half after their divorce.

In the 1980s and 1990s, Khan was a well-known figure on the London nightclub scene with a string of reported girlfriends including actress Goldie Hawn, late socialite Sita White and presenter Susannah Constantine. He was also close to Princess Diana.

He married late tycoon Jimmy Goldsmith’s daughter, Jemima, in a two-minute ceremony in Paris in 1995.

They had two sons who live with Jemima who continues to use his name despite their subsequent divorce in 2004. In 2015 he married Anglo-Pakistani author and filmmaker Reham Khan. They also divorced.

Widely regarded as one of the best cricket all-rounders of all time, Khan served as Pakistani Prime Minister from 2018 to 2022 when he was ousted.

He was subsequently arrested on a variety of charges and is currently awaiting a bail hearing after being sentenced to three years in jail in August for selling state gifts, which he denied. He has also been accused of selling state secrets which he also denies.

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