Reham Khan
Reham Nayyar Khan (Urdu: ur; born 3 April 1973) is a British-Pakistani journalist, author, and filmmaker originally from Baffa, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Pakistan. She is a former wife of Imran Khan, who later became prime minister of Pakistan in 2018. The publication of her memoir shortly before the 2018 Pakistani general election led to claims that it was intended to damage Imran Khan's electoral prospects.
Also recorded as Reham Nayyar Khan
Reham Khan
- Name
- Reham Khan
- Birth Name
- Reham Nayyar Khan
- Born
- 3 April 1973
- Birthplace
- Ajdabiya, Libya
- Occupation
- Journalist
- Nationality
- Pakistan · United Kingdom
- Languages
- English
Reference Check
Propose documentary evidence for Reham Khan. A contribution is never written directly as fact: identity, source, rights and evidence gates still decide.
Sign in to contribute
World of VALÉORINE
Documentary connections
Only confirmed graph relationships appear here. Images are shown only when their identity and reuse rights both pass the documentary gate.
Documentary evidence
Documentary basis
Authority files
wikidata · Q16225960 · wikipedia · Reham Khan
In this article
Biography
Biography
She launched the Pakistan Republic Party in July 2025, aiming to end dynastic politics in Pakistan.
Key facts
Key facts
• Name — Reham Khan • Birth Name — Reham Nayyar Khan • Born — 3 April 1973 • Birthplace — Ajdabiya, Libya • Alma Mater — Jinnah College for Women • Occupation — Journalist • Citizenship — British, Pakistani • Parents — Nayyar Ramzan (father) • Children — 3 • Relatives — Abdul Hakeem Khan (uncle) • Website — http: www.rehamkhanofficial.com • Office — Senior Vice-President of Pakistan Republic Party • Term Start — 15 July 2025 • 1blankname — Patron-in-Chief • 1namedata — Fawad Chaudhry Farrukh Habib (Deputy)
Early life and education
Early life and education
Reham was born to Nayyar Ramzan, a Pakistani physician. She is part of the Lughmani Sarkheli clan, a sub-clan of the Swati ethnic group. She is fluent in four languages: English, Urdu, Pashto and her ancestral Hindko. Her family hails from the town of Baffa, lying 15 km west of Mansehra in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. Her parents moved to Libya in the late 1960s, where Reham was born in Ajdabiya in 1973. She has one sister and one brother. Khan is the niece of Abdul Hakeem Khan, a former governor of the Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa province and former chief justice of Peshawar High Court. One of her grandfathers, Dr. Sher Bahadur Khan Panni authored Tarīkh-i-Hazārā in 1969. Reham has a bachelor's degree in education from Jinnah College for Women, Peshawar.
Host
Host
Reham started her career in 2006 hosting shows on Legal TV. In 2007, she began presenting for Sunshine Radio Hereford and Worcester. In 2008, Khan joined the BBC as a weather presenter.
Host
Host
In 2013, Khan came to Pakistan and joined Pakistani news channel News One. She later joined Aaj TV. In 2014, following a brief stint at PTV, she joined Dawn News presenting the current affairs show In Focus. Following a brief hiatus in early 2015, she resumed her work with a new show on Dawn. The Reham Khan Show, a programme celebrating Pakistani heroes, debuted in May 2015. In December 2015, she started a new talk show by the name of Tabdeeli on Neo TV. Tabdeeli ("change") is also a political slogan of Imran Khan, her former husband. Reham left Neo TV in June 2016.
Production
Production
Reham produced the Pakistani film Janaan, a romantic comedy set in Swat, which premiered on the occasion of Eid ul Adha on 13 September 2016.
Political career
Political career
Khan launched the Pakistan Republic Party on 15 July 2025, aiming to represent marginalized groups and end dynastic politics. Announcing the launch at the Karachi Press Club, she vowed to pursue legal reforms and described the launch of the party as a national mission.
Personal life
Personal life
Khan has been married three times. Her first marriage was to Ejaz Rehman, her first cousin and a British psychiatrist, when she was 19. Following their divorce, Khan began working as a broadcast journalist. She has three children who have lived with her since the divorce. Her second marriage was to Imran Khan, who confirmed he had married Reham in a secret ceremony on 6 January 2015. The couple divorced on 30 October 2015. She married Mirza Bilal on 23 December 2022. On 2 January 2022, Khan revealed on Twitter that she had narrowly escaped a gun attack in Islamabad when returning home from her nephew's wedding. She said her car was shot at and two men on a motorcycle held the vehicle at gunpoint.
Text attribution
Licensing
Text attribution
Part of the biographical narrative on this page reuses licensed material. Its origin, revision and licence are recorded here.
The biographical narrative on this page is based on the Wikipedia article Reham Khan, revision 1372221868 (EN edition), by its contributors. VALÉORINE has edited that text and built its own documentary record around it. The reused material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0, and this page's reuse of it is offered under the same licence. Everything else on this page — the chronology, the holdings, the evidence, the plates and the connections — is VALÉORINE's own record. Sources and licences.
Notes from the source article
Cited by Wikipedia
Notes from the source article
These works are cited by the source article, in its own numbering. They are recorded as its citations, not as sources VALÉORINE has verified.
- 1.Imran Khan Marries Reham Khan Despite Opposition by Family. The Express Tribune. 31 December 2015.
- 2.Shafaqna. Imran Khan Marries Reham Khan Despite Opposition by Family. 31 December 2014.
- 3.Imran Khan 'secretly married BBC weather girl' despite concerns from family and political party about divorced mother. Mirror. 31 December 2014.
- 4.Kokra, Sonali. Imran 'chose the wrong woman to mess with': Ex-wife Reham Khan on her tell-all memoir. thenational.ae. 26 August 2018.
- 5.Reham Khan: From Hazara to Bani Gala. The Express Tribune. 8 January 2015.
- 6.Selby, Jenn. Reham Khan: Outrage in Pakistan as former BBC presenter who recently married Imran Khan is filmed cooking sausages. The Independent. 16 January 2015.
- 7.The News (Pakistan). Reham Khan's book 'available in paperback in UK'. 12 July 2018.
- 8.Reham Khan launches Pakistan Republic Party to challenge dynastic politics. The Nation. 2025-07-15.
- 9.Residents in Reham Khan's hometown celebrate her marriage. thenews.com.pk. 9 January 2015.
- 10.Samaa TV. Reham Khan got linguistic talent.
- 11.Residents in Reham Khan's hometown. The News International.
- 12.Reham Khan's father was doctor, uncle Hakeem was ex-governor, CJ. The News. 9 January 2015.
- 13.My Grandfather Dr Sher Bahadur Khan was the author of 'Tareekh i Hazara'. 799592005026258945.
- 14.CITS UoP. University of Peshawar.
- 15.Reham Khan on Awaztv.
- 16.Reham Khan – BBC South Today. Reham Khan Profile on BBC South. BBC Weather.
- 17.Reham Khan co-opts PTI's 'tabdeeli' slogan for new show. The Express Tribune. 14 December 2015.
- 18.Sameen Hassan. Reham Khan's first production titled 'Janan' to release next year. The Express Tribune. 14 May 2015.
- 19.Former Pakistan PM's ex-wife Reham Khan launches Pakistan Republic Party. Arab News PK. 2025-07-16.
- 20.Imran Khan's ex-wife Reham Khan launches Pakistan Republic Party. unb.com.bd.
- 21.Web Desk. The case of Reham Khan's 'fake' journalism degree. The Express Tribune News Network. 15 July 2015.
- 22.Web Desk. Exclusive: Reham's ex-husband responds to domestic abuse allegations. The Express Tribune News Network. 14 January 2015.
- 23.Murtaza Ali Shah. Reham's ex-husband rejects domestic violence charges. The News International. 15 January 2015.
- 24.Imran Khan, Reham divorce with mutual consent. Dawn. 30 October 2015.
- 25.Imran Khan 'secretly married BBC weather girl' despite concerns from family and political party about divorced mother. Mirror. 31 December 2014.
- 26.Imran, Reham divorce with mutual consent – The Express Tribune. The Express Tribune. 30 October 2015.
- 27.'Finally found a man I trust' : Imran Khan's ex-wife gets married for 3rd time. Hindustan Times. 2022-12-23.
- 28.Imran Khan's ex-wife escapes gun attack in Islamabad. www.gulftoday.ae. 3 January 2022.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 1
- Khan, Reham. Reham Khan. SK Publications. 2018. 978-1-9164-1521-8.
References
Citations
References
Each reference names the institution holding it, so a reader may go to the document itself.
reference work
Secondary witnessreference work
Secondary witness
The Encyclopedia exists whether or not anything is for sale. Corrections are recorded rather than overwritten, and every version of this record is kept. Published 28 August 2026.
Elsewhere in Books
39,529 published records in this field, each with its sources named.
- Régis BonvicinoAuthor
- Régis DebrayAuthor
- Régis JauffretAuthor
- Régis MessacAuthor
- Rehman RahiAuthor
- Rei BerroaAuthor
- Reimond StijnsAuthor
- Rein RaudAuthor
Best supported in this field
For owners
Own a work by Reham Khan?
A specialist will read what you send and tell you what the house can establish, what it cannot, and whether the object is suited to sale. There is no charge and no obligation. The object stays with you throughout; nothing is shipped to us unless it is arranged in writing beforehand.