The Ex Files

Reham Khan, who was Imran Khan’s second wife, is ambitious and outspoken, and her tell-all book couldn’t have been timed better

- Mandira Nayar

Reham Khan has been propelled to fame. Just ahead of the elections, her soon-to-be released autobiography made her the most trolled, the most read, the most reviled and, perhaps, the most googled Pakistani, all in the span of a few weeks. She turned Pakistanis into readers just for a brief weekend in a high-octane election campaign. Her book was being sent across the border—pirated copies were being circulated widely, courtesy non-resident Pakistanis. Reham describes her former husband, Imran Khan, as a “playboy”. “Sweet nothings that fall on your ears is what he is good at. That is what he has done all his life,” she says. “He doesn’t deliver. That’s what playboys do. They say I love you, but they don’t mean it. That’s what he has done to the voters.”